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Installed Debian Today
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this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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There are so many distros out there now. Crazy. I have the luxury of many laptops and some SFF systems. This allows me to try out a bunch of different distros and leave them on there to play with when I have the desire or need to. I’ve also loaded up several VMs to sample distros here and there. Recommend a VM environment for dabbling.
I had one Fedora VM break and refuse to boot as it had fallen behind on updates. It had been a coupla months since I logged into it and the application had been working fine. That irritated me greatly, so I loaded up Debian for that application and moved it over. I don’t expect an OS to lock me out like that even if updates are lagging.
I do use Mint on my prime desktop. It’s perfectly cromulent.
Fucking what?
How are you supposed to update it if it won't boot? I already wasn't a Fedora fan, but that one's definitely getting crossed off the list now.
I don’t recollect the exact message, but the error was essentially saying I’d gone past the supported time for that major version. Showed up right after boot screen and won’t boot. It was a month or two beyond their date for sure, but let me boot and update? I think I tried single user/rescue boot and I couldn’t seem to get it updated, but I did manage to save off all the application data. I still have the defunct VM saved to eventually figure it out, but I’m having trouble finding the time. Lesson learned as I’ve moved to Debian for those roles, but I do keep my only other fedora system up to date attentively.