I distro hopped for a bit before finally settling in Debian (because Debian was always mentioned as a distro good for servers, or stable machines that are ok with outdated software)

And while I get that Debian does have software that isn’t as up to date, I’ve never felt that the software was that outdated. Before landing on Debian, I always ran into small hiccups that caused me issues as a new Linux user - but when I finally switched over to Debian, everything just worked! Especially now with Debian 13.

So my question is: why does Debian always get dismissed as inferior for everyday drivers, and instead mint, Ubuntu, or even Zorin get recommended? Is there something I am missing, or does it really just come down to people not wanting software that isn’t “cutting edge” release?

  • GutterRat42@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Based on Debian instead of Ubuntu, but still an official release. I didn’t quite understand the second question, sorry. Mint doesn’t allow snap by default.

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      9 hours ago

      i was wondering if it came with snaps enabled by default and you’ve answered it.

      how about the desktop environment, is it still stock gnome/kde/lxde/xfce/whatever?