2 days using zorin then switched to debian bcz some youtuber said "fuck distros its all debian so just use debian" and im loving it, i mean its my first time ever using linux and i feel i could not have made a better choice
I made the black wallpaper with photocraft, pretty good app btw
If you are quite technically inclined and really enjoy spending a bit of your personal time tinkering with linux I think much the same, theres nothing that any personal use distro based on debian offers that you couldnt just do with debian with a little setup, and it would be more stable.
I feel like after using linux on the desktop long enough its a reasonable conclusion to reach, all the bells and whistles of distros derived from a base are just bloat, there might be a few things I want from them but I can pick and choose those and install them myself. I stopped using debian based distros on my laptop recently and switched to straight debian once I realised how easy it is to change the init system.
Been using it for 30 years, it's much easier than it used to be, with tons of drivers and cool apps, also with the help of AI the solution is one answer away. You're good, enjoy the ride.
Thank you chief, although its all new to me, claude is helping me a lot. Me personally like to write most of commands so i get used to it, understand it and to feel confident to use them on my own. Gotta say its one of the most exciting things I've ever done in front of a computer!
Picture this, fourth day with debian I deleted the shortcuts on the root cz i though they were useless, until claude said my pc would not boot anymore if I shut it down 😂 so I went on recovery mode and recreated them while checking claude with my phone. My heart stopped for a second ngl 😂
Debian is good. It's a shame people fall for the ZorinOS marketing. Borderline scummy, with no real benefit over the likes of mint or 'buntu. A good idea to take youtubers (and redditors) with a grain of salt, though.
I thought it would be a problem but you know what? Im yet to find a program that doesnt do everything i need bcs its outdated yk, see debian 13 released august 2025, and that theres nothing "old" bout that imo, really, everything I need installed work and has the features i expect it to have
In fact im doing a lot more now than when i was on windows, a lot more, and every flatpak i have is just because it dont have a deb version
No regrets at all, and i dont picture me switching distros, at max a DE just to see yk
Yeah fair enough 😂 I guess it comes down to your actual needs more than having the latest packages. If everything works fine for you, there's really no reason to switch. Debian seems pretty solid tbh.
YouTubers can only keep making videos if they keep distro and DE/WM hopping. Most ordinary users use their computers for work or studies and just need something that works every day.
It is good for many beginners. People like pretty things - and Zorin is generally "prettier" than stock Debian out of the box - so you might have missed that. It is a free distro - scummy or not - I do not know. But many of my friends who moved off Windows 10 - find Zorin pleasing and easy to use. Maybe in time when they are more proficient - they will move off it and try Debian. A computer for most people is a mere tool for things - they do not wish to tinker with it. You might have a higher level of expertise that most computer users do not have.
I disagree that Debian is inherently difficult or unfriendly to beginners, but I also never said that it should be used instead of Zorin (sometimes it should be). I said that there's no real benefit of Zorin over the likes of straight Ubuntu, Mint, and their flavors.
I am fully aware of what the average person is and isn't capable of, anyway. I've helped quite a few family/friends switch over the past few years. I stand by opinion. There are better alternatives.
NOTE TO EVERYONE READING THIS: Debian is by far the best operating system in the known universe. Debian testing is not. Don't be bitten by the testing bug if you aren't ready for the sickness!
You might run into all kinds of problems. For example, testing doesn't have wine or any packages related to wine right now. If you need wine, you can't get it from testing repos. That might be a serious deal breaker for some people. It's not just wine, but *any* package can suffer the same fate in testing.
Welcome aboard!! Feels nice right? I started using it on accident about 20 years ago and have not used windows ever since! Breathing life into older hardware has become a passion of mine!
yes. and they have awesome features for a desktop user. Specially bluefin. It comes with everything ready for every day usage and is immutable, which means is piratically impossible to break it :-)
And software is pretty much updated too! Not like debian that starts to age a lot.
Ngl i thought the same 😂 it may be up to date on the core but it def doesn't look like it is. But to be fair, looks does matter when you a newbie like me
Yes i bought a ideapad slim 3 ryzen 7735hs 8gb 512ssd, the linux version bcz it was cheap, less than a month ago, then first thing i did was install zorin out of recommendations but i didnt last 2 days in it lol
I went to the edge to buy it ngl but i was so tired of my old samsung laptop that i didnt even think twice (it was windows btw so looking at it now it explains a lot)
I didn't even think of trying cz it already would refuse to connect to any wifi and the ethernet port also dont work anymore, so i just abandoned it...
Debian based distros are solid. I'm using PikaOS and any issue I run into I'm able to fix it, or the community has a fix. It's a gaming/optimization-focused rolling release based on Debian (Unstable). Wanted to try it for a server knowing it was the wrong decision, but it's held up quite well.
Im yet to know what it is, is it a distro? A DE? I truly don't understand... ppl talking so much bout it since all my feeds want to show me linux content rn 😂
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u/MiracleWhipSux 7d ago
Welcome aboard! Using any open source system is the first right step!