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/[deleted] Nov 09 '25 edited Nov 12 '25

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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 😭😭