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[-] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 129 points 5 months ago

I am a little biased because I've been using Debian professionally for many years now but we don't deserve Debian. It is fantastically stable and reliable and makes an excellent platform for running your services off of. If you are at all interested in offering some time and energy to the open source community, consider adopting a Debian package!

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 52 points 5 months ago

I'm thinking about a Linux laptop with FOSS software for my business actually, Lemmy's relentless horde of pro-Linux propaganda has won me over

(OK I've always liked FOSS I've just never taken the jump)

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

but seriously, modern FOSS distros (yes, debian is modern, damnit!) are amazingly good. you have an exceptionally high probablility of switching and staying switched.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

I'm looking forward to it!

Side note: anyone got recommendations for business software? I've started browsing the FOSS community here for ideas but I'm not sure what QuickBooks alternatives exist

[-] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 months ago

I'm an accountant.

The best accounting software will be the one your accountant uses.

When clients are on the same platform that I use internally everything just matches up and it's beautiful and elegant and amazing.

When clients are using something else it just doesn't fit our workflows and it's just more of a fuck around, which of course the client gets charged for.

[-] F04118F@feddit.nl 6 points 5 months ago

A quick Google shows Quickbooks to be cloud-based accounting software. For FOSS accounting, GnuCash exists so you could try that (it can also run on Windows and macOS). However, it's unlikely to have feature parity so if you like the added convenience that Quickbooks offers, see if you can use Quickbooks in a browser. Being cloud-based, they would probably build a browser version before building a Linux desktop app. If they don't and you need to run a Windows desktop app on Linux, you can probably do this using Bottles (which uses Wine and Proton under the hood, the tech that enables the Steam Deck).

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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago

ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

[-] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 7 points 5 months ago

I had to step away from it because packages are just too old.

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[-] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

That's how I feel about arch, it's not "stable" but the few issues I've had they typically have it fixed with an update within hours.

I do have to clarify when I switched to arch from windows my entire computer was brand new and practically no other distro booted or if it installed it dumped me to a black screen.

After running my server on archlinux with the stable kernel for 7 years I did install Debian on my new server. Zfs just required an older lts kernel than I could get on arch without a ton of hassle. I didn't need it on my Mac mini with an external hard drive plugged in. From my experience it's not very different to maintain compared to arch but it's nice having built in automation instead of writing my own.

Man it's weird using a system of what I can guess is a bunch of bash scripts on Debian to set things up compared to just using the tools built into and written for systemd.

[-] dan@upvote.au 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

it's not "stable"

"stable" in this case means that it doesn't change often. Debian stable is called that because no major version changes are performed during the entire cycle of a release.

It doesn't mean "stable" as in "never crashes", although Debian is good at that too.

Arch is definitely not "stable" using that definition!

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[-] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 5 months ago

I just want a Debian-based distro with KDE that's not poisoned by Canonical's nonsense

[-] fourwd@programming.dev 51 points 5 months ago

Have you tried Debian?

[-] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 5 months ago

I'm currently on debian. I wrote this comment as a response to the Debian slander in the meme.

[-] pelya@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Just do a quick simple sudo apt-get install task-kde-desktop

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[-] ik5pvx@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

You can choose KDE as desktop environment during Debian installation, or replace whatever DE you installed at any time.

[-] aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

MX ?

[-] dan@upvote.au 4 points 5 months ago

I think you're looking for Debian. If you want newer packages, run testing instead of stable.

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[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I still remember this nice 'feature' of XScreenSaver.

However, as of 2016 Iceweasel is Firefox ESR again.

[-] notanaltaccount@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

The packages in Debian are really old. It's awful.

I was looking at my xzutils package the other month. "So outdated," I thought, envying the cool hip trendy Arch users.

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[-] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 months ago

[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Tell me you're an opinionated novice without telling me you're an opinionated novice.

~(edit:specificity)~

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You can't stop me

[-] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Busta!

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

YEARS OF BACKPORTS yet NO REAL WORLD USE FOUND for staying more than ONE VERSION behind

I have a really old computer that still gets the job done, and just getting up to Bullseye broke it a bit.

I know, I know, it's just a meme.

[-] conorab@lemmy.conorab.com 16 points 5 months ago

Mentoning Iceweasel in 2024?! Where did you find this meme?! Debian stable?!

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

debian nightly release

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

SOFTWARE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE STABLE

Someone with a case of brain rot.

[-] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 5 months ago

Me, because I cannot understand how people can miss the facetiousness of this meme template with such confidence

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

🪦

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago

When even the skull is more alive

[-] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

Ah, I see you've met the product owner.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 months ago

LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) is a wonderful self-hosting platform.

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Today I learned there’s a Debian edition of mint.

https://linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php

[-] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago

It makes a great headless server

[-] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 12 points 5 months ago

Getthefuckouttamyfacewiththisridiculousbullshit.

[-] dan@upvote.au 12 points 5 months ago

Debian gives you a choice though. If you want stability, install the stable release. If you want newer packages, install the testing release. Just be sure to get security updates from unstable (sid) if you do that.

"stable" in this context means that stuff doesn't change often. It doesn't mean "stable" as in reliable / never crashes, although Debian is good at that too.

[-] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 10 points 5 months ago

It is possible though to get newer versions using flathub or somethibg, right? (I know very little about linux, but I'm thinking of switching from win10 to debian next year.)

[-] TechnicallyColors@lemm.ee 17 points 5 months ago

For normal desktop users, yeah Debian Stable + Flatpaks is a winning combo for picking the software that you want to be cutting-edge and leaving the rest to rock-solid stability. Normally Linux distros keep a full ecosystem of packages that interop and depend on each other, but solutions like Flatpak have their own little microcosm of dependencies that can be used independently of the host distro. There are also Debian Backports for when you want native Debian packages that are more cutting-edge but still compiled to work with your older base system. Backports are not available for most packages but sometimes the important ones are available, like the Linux kernel itself. You can also try to compile your own backports, but you'll be responsible for updating it.

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 5 points 5 months ago

No better time than the present
Yes there are ways of acquiring the latest packages even on Debian stable. Usually I end up compiling that stuff myself
If you're at all unsure if you want to deal with Debian not pushing the latest and greatest updates you do have options such as running Debian Testing or MX Linux (which itself is based on Debian Testing)

[-] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 5 points 5 months ago

No better time than the present

Look, I'm already trying (and kinda succedding) to avoid doing some hard tasks I have to do, don't push me further into the rabbit hole.😆

Ugh, now I'm considering doing it in 2 weeks, what have you donee

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 5 points 5 months ago

Sure thing. Just remember its better to do things you want to do rather than waiting for things to be perfect. Lord knows its something I need reminded of sometimes