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Why is Debian the way it is?
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this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2023
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Great article. It sums up Debian well and illustrates why it is so rock solid. In short, they package and test everything themselves so there's no room for malware or broken packages.
Yes the release cycle is much slower but in return you have a super stable and reliable system. Which is why so many IT admins love to use Debian for servers. Servers need to not change quickly. They need to stay the same, be rock solid, preferably never be shut down and keep going for at least a decade if not more. Debian is ideal for this.
And it's 100% community based - no corporations messing in here. That's why I switched from regular Linux Mint to LMDE 6. I'm tired of Ubuntu, Fedora/Red Hat and their corporate BS.
Long live Debian. May it never change.
Debian fire servers? I'm not familiar with this term.
Lol, thanks. I didn't catch that mistake. I've corrected it 👍
Oh Debian for servers.. lol
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