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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why not use Debian? Non-free packages issues?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    When I switched to Ubuntu, they just had more up to date packages, and with two releases a year (sort of), stayed up to date with other software, which is a good thing for a system I actually use. From then on, I just stayed on it, because I don't reinstall my OS until something's broken. I've been moving the same one for a decade now.

    If I had to install a new desktop system I'll probably go with mint, for the same reason : more frequent software update.

    Note that this is all for desktop (and some specialized systems). Servers are all running debian, because stability is preferable and frequent software change is not what I want in these environments.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    Not that user: My biggest problem with Debian was that packages were often so out of date (even sid). This was a big issue for the kinds of software I wanted to run, and also generally denied me useful newer features in most programs. Security and stability weren't that device's most important values.

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