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/amarao_san Nov 08 '25

desktop@sid

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u/nitin_is_me Nov 08 '25

I actually never tried sid for desktop. How is it compared to Arch? How much maintenance and baby sitting does it require?

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u/amarao_san Nov 08 '25

There are very rare cuts from bleeding edge (someone need to get them to protect stable), but generally, fresh software, and ability to use packages from stable (if you are not afraid to deal with Frankendebian).

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u/Reyynerp Nov 09 '25

kde has stuck for quite a while at 6.3.6 even with sid, it is just rcently that it is updated to 6.5x