I’m planning to put Debian-based operating system onto my Surface Laptop Gen 1, following the guide (linux-surface). Any good Debian-based Linux recommendations? For now I’m considering AntiX (lightweight debian) and normal Debian.
P.S. I’ve installed pure Debian, as everyone suggests. Thanks for advice!
Debian
What about something novel, like installing actual Debian?
Will work fine indeed. Only I always have some issues getting the touchscreen working seamlessly. Is there a window manager on Debian who does it well?
I’ve used both KDE Plasma and GNOME on my Laptop with a touch screen and both worked well. GNOME is better with touch screens in general but that’s just because of the gestures and GTK apps working better with touch screens (e.g. you can always scroll by swiping up or down, not sure if that’s the same in QT apps).
Linux Mint Debian Edition.
Just use debian
Why don’t you give PopOS a try, it is quite user friendly Ubuntu/Debian based
Up! Depending on what you are looking for also VanillaOS could be an interesting option
Yes, this OS looks interesting and beginner friendly
Just go with Debian.
If you want Debian, just install Debian.
Maybe if you’re into wm setups and you’d like to not have to do everything from scratch you can install Bunsenlabs instead.
It’s just plain Debian with preconfigured Openox, that’s all.
Which features are you looking for beyond what can be done on Debian?
Lightweight and maybe has some “cool features”
Debian is the lightest derivative of Debian
The installer outright gives you the option out of many different desktop environments and use cases and if you don’t like to install a desktop you can install base system debian that’s literally just a terminal environment and nothing else
Check out projectbluefin.io, the developer experience has lots of goodies built in.
It’s a immutable/atomic fedora silverblue spin based on cloud native principles.
I agree with you but I assume they want Debian for a reason.
distrobox enter debian-toolbox:)
Not Debian-based, but Debian. With KDE.
Some say that KDE on Debian is unstable. Is it real?
There’s a difference between stability and reliability. Stable means that functionality is the same over a period of time, no major changes to how it works. Reliable means that it doesn’t crash all the time. If something crashes the same way for the same reason, it’s stable but not reliable. If something changes a lot but doesn’t crash, it’s reliable but not stable.
In practice what it comes down to is a choice if you want outdated but known bugs or new surprise bugs.
i tend to go with debian.
I just use Debian and it’s fine. I don’t understand the point of using “Debian-based” instead of just plain Debian. Maybe I’m missing something but we have some Ubuntu machines at work and it’s hard to tell much difference.
Idk I thought something niche is better fun
Ur already a Linux user, being niche is kinda of our character
