• BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          Tried Debian stable, kept not being able to get stuff to work because of the packages always being too old. Not advocating for Ubuntu either, but Debian? For a desktop? GTFO! I’d sooner start using emacs instead of vim.

          • M500@lemmy.ml
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            1 year ago

            So many things these days are flatpaks and app images. So it almost doesn’t matter.

            I’m don’t know your situation but I’m sure there are reasons someone might not be able to use Debian desktop.

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            A somewhat anecdotal comment here, but I’ve using Debian stable as a daily driver for years, both at work and at home. Haven’t had any issues yet. It’s so stable it’s almost boring. 😀 However, this is fine since I can focus on getting stuff done instead of messing about with the distro.

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          I wanted to, and did manage to figure the installer out once, but damn it’s user unfriendly… The os seems fine, installer was not. I had some other issues I was hoping would be fixed in Debian that weren’t, so unfortunately I did not stick with it

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        1 year ago

        Moving to an entirely different operating system is a big step just to… end up with closed, proprietary software and spyware again.

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        1 year ago

        Snaps, I think I’ll pass.

        Even without them, I don’t have time to uninstall/remove everything I don’t need.

        DIY distros suit my needs more, but thanks anyway.

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        If you switch why not go alway? Try Linux from scratch or Arch/Debian, Ubuntu is only a few steps behind MS in term of spyware

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      1 year ago

      If it really was that much spyware, the EU would already have created laws to do something about it.

      More likely is that it really isn’t spyware as much as it is basic unanimous telemetry, which you can disable in the settings.