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Installed Debian Today
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this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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Debian is the great choice if you need an OS to manage files and run programs.
Hey! I'd like to manage files and run programs!
What else can you even do with a computer besides managing files and running programs?
That said (with tongue in cheek), I went from Ubuntu to Mint and can't see myself starting all over again. I'm not savvy, I don't terminal or at least I never have. I'm just a musician that also plays awkwardly with Blender. An absolute computer casual. But Debian does sound lovely.
Arch users: Update OS!
Gentoo users: Compile OS!
*BSD users: Trying to make the OS work!
Windows: reboot and reinstall!
Android: Watch advertisements!
DOS: hm... Well. Yes.
And if I want to use my OS to feel cool? If I want to run programs whose new features I mostly don't per se need but which give me an artificial sense of agency and make me feel less empty? If seeing a wall of updates whose contents I'll rarely bother to inspect gives the little autism gremlin living in my brain an erection? What then, Debian fanboys?
sed -i '/ trixie /!d; s/trixie/unstable/g' /etc/apt/sources.listTruly that simple!
Note that packages in unstable channel are promoted from testing, so switching to unstable effectively puts you on to something similar to a rolling distro, but more stable ;)
you can always add repositories that push updated software, or side load it as a .deb from a download
you can also compile it from source yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHk-lByQMWY
I just wanted you to know that this got a good chuckle out of me.
Is the integrated AI any good?
That's the best part, you ARE the integrated AI
Bold of you to assume I'm intelligent - I use Arch BTW.
It is OS. It doesn't have any "integrated AI".