Title pretty much says it all. I’ve been using ubuntu as my daily driver for the last 5 years or so and honestly, I’ve had a wonderful experience with it.
That said, with the way things are going, I feel like its only a matter of time before Canonical pulls the rug out so I’d like to at least get my feet wet with something other than Ubuntu and Debian seems like the logical choice.
I mainly use my machines for gaming, self hosting, programming, and weird networking projects/automation testing.
I’ve heard gaming on debian isnt as ‘out of the box’ as it is with Ubuntu. So I’m hoping somone with more experience can share some tips on what I should be looking out for or point me to some good guides. Thanks yall.
EDIT: I fucking love this community. Thank you all for your replies. I appreciate you taking the time to help me out.
Install your base system and get every app you need using flatpak. That way you’ll get the latest versions without poluting your system. It even integrated with the GNOME Software “store” GUI: https://flatpak.org/setup/Debian
A bit out of the loop here (my only Linux system is a stripped down Debian server), but I thought one of the reasons people are moving away from Ubuntu was because they were forcing everyone to use flatpaks.
Genuinely asking - are they evil or not?
other way around – Ubuntu has pretty much abandoned Flatpak and is trying to get everyone to use Snap
Ahh got it, thank you!
Oh, this is the first time I’ve heard of that. I use plasma-discover as my handy “search all 3 app sources at once” browser.