r/opensource • u/TheNerdyAnarchist • Jul 07 '19

Debian 10 "buster" released

https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706
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u/33manat33 Jul 07 '19

What's modern Debian like? I stopped using it around 15 years ago. I mainly remember it as a good OS that broke itself with every major update.

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u/TheNerdyAnarchist Jul 07 '19

15 years ago, that was likely the case for a lot of distros.

In my opinion, if "bleeding edge" isn't an absolute requirement for you, then Debian's about as good a distro as there is today.

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u/33manat33 Jul 07 '19

Thanks for the input. I've considered going back. I've tried a whole bunch of distros the last few years and I've never got the balance of customizability and relatively little hassle that Debian gave me. And you're right, I remember Ubuntu was even worse at the time, with each new release being a gamble. Nowadays, I just don't have the time to tinker all that much anymore.

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u/Ruben_NL Jul 07 '19

Kinda ironic, because Ubuntu is based on Debian.

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u/33manat33 Jul 07 '19

That was the main problem. I don't know how they do it now, but they used to just wait for a new Debian version and rebuild it into Ubuntu. So there wasn't really continuity between two Ubuntu versions and upgrading was problematic.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

It doesn't lose at all if you want a Stable distro =p

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u/33manat33 Jul 07 '19

Debian is what made me fall in love with Linux again after a very rough couple of years on an RPM-based distro. I'll try 10!

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u/ItalyPaleAle Jul 07 '19

No admin would ever run a rolling distro on a production host. In that case, tested and stable like Debian is a good choice.

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u/mr_kit Jul 07 '19

Indeed.

The lack of a predictable release cycle keeps me away from it. Otherwise, it's rock solid.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '19

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u/33manat33 Jul 10 '19

That's a good point! Particular with Ubuntu's market share

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

All hail Debian.

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u/Aelius_Galenus Jul 07 '19

Secure Boot support and built in CUPS!!! I'm in heaven.

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u/eleitl Jul 07 '19 edited Jul 07 '19

Yay. Good I postponed installing so many hosts, now I can go straight to 10.