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by chrisper 3417 days ago
Debian doesn't always just work, because a lot of packages are very old. I think Ubuntu is (or is supposed to be) more "just works." But I think this is a personal point of view thing.

Also I think the FreeBSD handbook is awesome, even for newcomers. Is there something like that for Debian?
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junk_disposal 3417 days ago
>Debian doesn't always just work, because a lot of packages are very old.

If you need new packages, you don't run stable.

You run stable if you need things, well, stable and "just works".

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chrisper 3417 days ago
My point is that Debian does not always just work. That is my argument. It very well may "just work" in your use case, but it doesn't "just work" for all cases like your original comment seem to point out.

Also, there is a difference between new, like bleeding edge (e.g. Fedora), or newer (like Ubuntu or Debian Testing).

I don't know if *BSD "just works" either, but that is not what I am arguing here. I am making a point against your statement that Debian "just works."

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fictioncircle 3417 days ago
https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/

https://www.debian.org/doc/books#english

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