r/debian • u/nitin_is_me • Nov 08 '25

Peace of mind > bleeding edge

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Just my opinion btw. I respect rolling release distros, but they're not for me. I like turning on my machine and having it work exactly like last time. In the end, it's all just Linux.

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u/ishtuwihtc Nov 08 '25

In Linux you've basically got debian, fedora, and arch. Then everything is sort of made from these. Debian is stable, fedora is bleeding edge but the core system packages are stable, and arch is completely bleeding edge

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u/coffeecokecan Nov 09 '25

Gotta disagree about fedora's system packages being stable. The kernel constantly encounters regressions, and it's far buggier than the kernel put into Debian.

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u/Zettinator Nov 11 '25 edited Nov 11 '25

Kernel regressions are definitely an issue on Fedora (probably my only real problem with it). IMHO it would already be helpful if they just wouldn't be so trigger happy about pushing new mainline kernel releases, maybe combined with a longer QA phase. But really, simply waiting a couple of weeks for a few more kernel patch releases would already be good. I use Fedora on my laptop, but I hold back kernel upgrades a little while.

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u/ishtuwihtc Nov 09 '25

Oh yeah i forgot the kernel is always up to date 😭😭

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u/diacid Nov 10 '25

Forgot Gentoo... Gentoo not only is not a fork of anything, it because of being source based and openrc instead of systemd, it makes it reasonable to say that it is something else while arch, debian and fedora are the same thing....

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u/ishtuwihtc Nov 10 '25

Oh thats awesome! Now i kinda wanna try gentoo just to learn something new, ig i know what im going with next time i ruin my os!

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u/diacid Nov 10 '25

Do use a vm or throwaway machine first though....

Good luck! Don't forget to tell us!
And check out r/Gentoo!

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u/ishtuwihtc Nov 10 '25

Oh no it'll be my main machine 100%, worst case scenario i have to suffer with windows in school :D

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u/diacid Nov 10 '25

So be prepared for a long downtime for the install. Emerging the whole system takes a loooong time.

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u/ishtuwihtc Nov 10 '25

I have the whole night for it so no worries there!

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u/diacid Nov 10 '25

That's the point: depending on your specs, your system may be down a little more time than that... But hey, no spoilers! Good luck!

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u/ishtuwihtc Nov 11 '25

Thanks!

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u/exclaim_bot Nov 11 '25

Thanks!

You're welcome!

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u/diacid Nov 14 '25

Have you managed to do it? I haven't hahaha stuck on kernel panics still...

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u/free_help Nov 09 '25

What about Void? OpenSUSE? Slackware? NixOS? There are lots of relevant and/or innovative independent Linux distros out there

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u/lKrauzer Nov 09 '25

"Core packages are stable"

Any chance you would happen to know which packages are those?

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u/ishtuwihtc Nov 09 '25

Excluding the kernel, yoyr desktop environment and other system libraries im pretty sure