I would prefer something based on Debian, like Ubuntu or PopOS, but I’m open for other suggestions as well, as I’m looking for a distro to daily-drive on my new Framework laptop.

  • 9488fcea02a9
    4·
    2 years ago

    Stable isnt just “for servers”. I run stable on my laptop as well

    OP said they dont need it for gaming, so you dont need the latest, shiniest things. Stable + backports should be good enough for most people unless you’re doing some really specialized work

    • wildbus8979
      2·
      2 years ago

      It’s not just gaming, chromium is ancient for example, etc. Even Debian themselves recommands Testing for workstations. Unless you really really hate rolling release I see no reason to use stable on a workstation. The maybe month or so after the rollover is a little rocky, but most of the time it’s solid.

      You do you, but you’re doing Debian a disservice by suggesting people run stable on workstations.

      • 9488fcea02a9
        1·
        2 years ago

        I just use firefox, :)

        I’ve not seen any recommendations to use testing on workstations before

        https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/choosing.en.html#s3.1

        “If you are a desktop user with a lot of experience in the operating system and do not mind facing the odd bug now and then, or even full system breakage, use unstable. It has all the latest and greatest software, and bugs are usually fixed swiftly.”

        I can’t remember the exact reasoning but its something like unstable is more secure because bugs are usually fixed in upstream right away, while bugs in testing are waiting for debian specific patches from the maintainer

    • grean@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Also flatpak may be a convenient way to get the latest and shiniest on Stable.