Title is quite self-explanatory, reason I wonder is because every now and then I think to myself "maybe distro X is good, maybe I should try it at some point", but then I think a bit more and realise it kind of doesn't make a difference - the only thing I feel kinda matters is rolling vs non-rolling release patterns.

My guiding principles when choosing distro are that I run arch on my desktop because it's what I'm used to (and AUR is nice to have), and Debian on servers because some people said it's good and I the non-rolling release gives me peace of mind that I don't have to update very often. But I could switch both of these out and I really don't think it would make a difference at all.

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

Arch: I have the most up to date computer in the whole world, I have the AUR, no one can stop me

switches to Debian

Debian: My packages are so stable, nothing can break the eternal peace of my system's packages

switches back to Arch

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I have Debian on a laptop that I don't use that much, and I use Nix package manager for managing the apps I use.

    Running Arch was a nightmare, as I was updating once every 1-2 months and I was getting lots of conflicts.

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