Debian is a large, complex operating system, and a huge open source project. It’s thirty years old now. To many people, some of its aspects are weird. Most such things have a good reason, but it can be hard to find out what it is. This is an attempt to answer some such questions, without being a detailed history of the project.
I’d always argue for Linux Mint Debian Edition, especially for noobs. Regular Mint is fine too, but they have not announced its future as far as I know. What with Ubuntu going all in on snaps and all that. Personally I think they should just make LMDE the default Mint and call it a day. Let Mint 21.3 be the last version and then go all in on the debian base.
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Stability is not a drawback. Software engineering should slow down actually. Because the never-ending race for the last new thing or a last minute fix has lead us to a sorry state where most software are never finished, often broken, and in a perpetual prototype state. The industry cannot continue like this.
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You see, the report or software that’s not supported anymore is exactly what I’m talking about.
Sure, the numerous new softwares that release everyday might bring us a good one every now and then. But on the other hand they are often drawn under the number itself.
Software engineering needs industry staples. Like C and python are today. They may not be the best, but it doesn’t matter, we need stable foundations to build on, and for normal people and even engineers to be able to make sense of what works and what doesn’t.
Came here for this. I enjoy all three flavors of Mint, personally. XFCE is probably one of the best “lightweight” distros put there and rarely gets mentioned. Cinnamon is perfect for anyone looking for a more user-friendly Ubuntu derivative, and LMDE is probably the most approachable Debian distro out there.
Mint is a great starter distro for just about everybody.