Honest question: what would a Linux distribution have to do to earn 30 years of your loyalty?
be debain.
I run lots of hypervisor boxes and many many many multiples more vm guests. debian makes my days 99.9% predictable (unless I choose otherwise).
debian gave me my life back.
debian gave me my life back.
it enabled my life; my profession would be different and its impact on my life (ie payrate & mobility) cannot be understated.
i would have been a factory or domestic worker like my parents and siblings.
❤️
debian gave me my life back.
(former Gentoo user, 10+ years)
I gave it months. I was honest with myself about it.
Looks at release date of Fedora 44.
April 28, 2026
It hasn't even been one month.
The post made it clear they installed it during the beta period.
And that's not the release. What a ridiculous thing to compare to stable.
You forgot this part
The beta was excellent
But yes, you should not compare with beta version.
Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 59000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.