| Debian project has been a blessing to me personally. For a daily driver always buy a ThinkPad, a year old model when new stable comes out, and use it as long as possible. For servers, run the latest stable with minimal packages from main and occasionally few from backports. Build from source/ download from upstream where Debian packages are available (specially browsers). Reliable kernel, coreutils, vim and gcc from Debian stable, git + ooenssh from backports, tmux built from source, golang and "go get xyz" is mostly what I need. (I understand this can be too minimalist for many, but works for me). I have a hobby website using fossil, running on 8year old SBC running bullseye. At work, almost all bullseye docker images on minimal Bullseye running Dockerd. PostgreSQL, Redis, and few more central piece of software work fine with Debian. Low maintenance, reliable systems that I seek, and Debian has never failed me. Ahh and yes, when I need bleeding age, Arch is what I go to, but won't be running a daily driver machine or server on it. It's too fast for me to keep pace with. I can safely say I have more peace of mind with free Debian than any paid OS I used (taken together with application ecosystem). All systems have their own pros and cons. I just picked what worked best for me, I am thankful for that and wish Debian project never runs out of great people. |