So a while back I threw Ubuntu 22 LTS on an old Surface Pro 3 and gave it to my Dad.

He loves it, but he's the type who's been burnt by updating software in the past, so he basically refuses any whenever prompted.

Been thinking about throwing Debian with Gnome on it for a while, and wondering if it's stable enough to just let updates happen automatically in the background?

I got no experience with Debian I basically jumped right on EndeavourOS as my main distro when I started using Linux full time.

  • corvus@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Debian is the first choice if you look for stability and the last choice if you are looking for the latest versions of the software.

      • robber@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        I would second that. I currently use nix besides Flatpaks for development environments but also find it somewhat overcomplicated. Looking forward to give toolbx a try.

    • HouseWolf@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      That's what I've heard just wanted to see if anyone on here had experience just letting it update in the background.