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    I'm looking for a free OS, should it be Debian or Arch Linux(community)? (lemmy.world)
    submitted 1 hour ago by CarlLandry357@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    They say debian is free and has its promise, but Arch has like 2-4 maintainers?

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    [–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    If you know vaguely what you're doing or are willing to learn, you can go with whatever and it'll be fine.

    Personally not a big fan of debian because they tend to be slower and more conservative on updates. Arch is a bit more technical, but very customizable.

    I'm personally a big fan of Fedora. Software updated quickly enough to have all the bells and whistles, slow enough to not get cut by bleeding edge software.

    [–] CarlLandry357@lemmy.world 2 points 27 minutes ago

    I think it's Ubuntu that's slow, while Debian as its base is smaller and faster?

    [–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 points 16 minutes ago (1 children)

    If you are interested in maintaining your OS as an ongoing and constant project, go with Arch. You will learn a lot about Linux, and about system administration in general. You will also have entire days where you are unable to do anything productive with your computer because the last update broke userspace again and you can either spend a lot of time troubleshooting your specific problem, or spend a lot of time reinstalling and reconfiguring your system.

    If your computer is more than just a hobby platform and you need to use it regularly for any kind of productivity, go with Debian. Set it and forget it.

    Either way, off-system file backups are recommended.

    [–] esc@piefed.social 2 points 6 minutes ago* (last edited 5 minutes ago)

    Unless you intentionally doing something wrong or have close to zero experience with linux there might some of the problems you've mentioned, also you can expect similar on debian if you are having them on arch.

    Anyway, I would recommend something other to OP because both of these distributions require some non-zero experience with linux. (Also OP itself feels like trolling)

    [–] dhut5uyr3uugdeuiicse7kag@kbin.earth 1 points 2 minutes ago

    NixOS ;)

    [–] vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    Is your hardware ten years old or more?

    Do you want a system made up of software that is on average 3 years old?

    Do you want absolutely ridiculous stability for the uptime memes?

    Are you a fan of the idea that every design decision should be done by a committee of theoretically democratically chosen developers but is actually just whoever wants the job because there is never any real transparency or motion about when the meetings are, much less when elections are?

    Does the idea of your operating system being compatible not because its good but because it's just the largest base thanks to corporate investment make you moist?

    Then pick Debian.

    If you answered no to literally any of those options then go ahead and pick an Arch flavor, or Arch itself.

    [–] CarlLandry357@lemmy.world 3 points 26 minutes ago (1 children)

    You mean Cachy OS? Yeah, I've heard of that, might choose it, I dunno yet.

    [–] mikenurre@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago

    Linux '26er here. I tried a few and CachyOS is now my jam. I'm way too new to offer true insight, but as a new convert, Cachy has good video/gaming support and all the core features I need to keep exploring. 100% recommend a day or two to try it out.

    [–] Sexy-Animal-Fucker@thebrainbin.org 1 points 22 minutes ago

    The fact that you're asking this suggests you might be new to linux so go Mint but if it has to be one of those two then Debian

    [–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 1 hour ago

    I mean, you can install each in a VM if you want to play with them.