I Used Debian 12 For 5 Months - Long Term Review

No fancy title, no click bait. Just a simple, stable, Long Term Debian Review. Finally, delivered. 5 months later.
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==== Time Stamps ====
0:00 Intro
1:08 Install
4:11 Out of the Box Experience
7:17 Package Management
9:13 Software Availability
14:04 Upgrades and Updates
16:55 Switching to Testing
18:56 Bluetooth Connectivity
21:14 Network Sharing
22:35 Gaming
25:18 Stability
29:47 I Did Have Some Issues... It is not all perfect
34:38 Community and Support
38:20 Who Should Use Debian?
39:47 My Thoughts on Debian
42:17 A Btrfs problem
44:34 The End

#debian #debian12 #thelinuxcast

[HealyHQ]

Debian being "boring" is exactly what I love about it. It's the most stable Linux distribution IMHO. Rock-solid, indeed! :)

[chrisMuc]

My favourite distro. For me, stability is everything. I don't need the latest and greatest software.

[dannyize]

Kudos to Debian for putting the "Screenshot" button on the installer screens!

This is helpful for newbies or anyone that has questions about installing or wants to investigate after installing.

[JayElem]

Stable: The production version of Debian. Updates are usually security patches and critical bug fixes.
Testing: Contains packages being tested for stability and compatibility. A preview for what will become the next Stable. Lots of people run this as a daily driver.
Unstable: AKA "Sid, " where new and updated packages are introduced. Not for production. suggested users: Devs and pkg maintainers -but lots of us normies run it.
Debian isn't a distro I currently run, but it's probably the distro I respect the most.

[Tomas_F.]

This is the second video of yours I've seen, both were great. Thank you Matt and keep up the good work.

[Seticzech]

Boredom and stability are the best recommendations for server OS, which vanilla Debian in reality is. It was always my 1st choice for linux server distro and it never let me down. 👍

[Lbf]

Linux poster on the wall, your nerdiness far exceeds mine, well done.

[afroceltduck]

Great review of a great distro! I'm so amused that we both like the same distros. I only moved to Debian because I wanted something more community-based rather than corporate. It's been a great experience so far. Definitely not for new users, but if you know your way around and have the ability to do a little research, it's a fantastic option to use. I'm going to try and stick around for an entire release cycle to see if it works for me even when the packages are years out of date.

[mcdermg]

Great review, very detailed and its clear you know your stuff and have a real passion for this stuff. Was on the fence on whether or not to use Debian as distro on work machine and you made the decision easy to make

[megathron]

Man, You really hit the nail on the head with this one. You dispelled many Debian myths and misconceptions. By giving a clear and accurate overview of what to expect with SW availability, outdated versions and possible solutions (Flatpak, Distrobox). The extra attrition with BTRFS, bluetooth being finnicky I can confirm has been a Debian issue for quite a while.
Most important of all the target users for it. Great Job!

[wantgoodvibes]

Thanks Matt, Debian is so great for single purpose backend setups, I've had setups run for years with no interaction besides checking for updates here and there with extreme low worry about something breaking. Good video dude, :)

[dannyboy]

Been on debian forever and didn't know about the dedicated forum page, thank you.

[pablosegalinas]

Debian Stable is the one distro that made my distrohopping issues go away. Kudos to the team, Debian 12 is nothing short of great.

[MarkusHobelsberger]

Great review! Longterm Debian fan and MX main here. Having very few updates is one of the main reasons I use Debian or non-Ubuntu Debian based distros. It's just super-comfy to use and doesn't require much maintenance.

The boot taking a very long time might be because of file system checks during startup. But you'd easily see that from the logs and it shouldn't happen too often.

[donaldmickunas]

Debian was the first Distro that I loved back in the Debian 9 days. My tastes and preferences have changed since then. However, if stability and reliability were my main concerns, Debian would be my distro of choice.

[MyAmazingUsername]

Thanks Matt. This was really great, in depth review. Sometimes I wonder if I would be happy with Debian and Flatpaks, but then I remember that they are usually severely outdated on the desktop environment front. I prefer Fedora. Or my second choice, openSUSE Tumbleweed.

[celltest]

Thanks for the review. Not sure if the guys on Debian watched your video but I installed it last week and I was able to setup btrfs through the normal installation that you showed at the beginning of the video. I haven't checked out yet how to setup sub volumes or such but my system is running well with the basic btrfs on all partitions.

[JoeHedrick]

Nice, thorough look at Debian. Not just a quick run around the bases but a genuine experience. Loved it.

I've used Debian for so long that many of the reasons I chose it in the early 2000's are no longer particularly relevant and now I'm just so comfortable I can get it to do everything I want while maintaining a stable server, functional workstation, or more bleeding edge gaming experience I don't often look elsewhere.

I think your long term review series here (with other distros) will likely spark that interest to check out others.

Excellent work.

[becktronics]

Hey Matt, I'm so happy I discovered your channel! You are extremely thorough in your reviews regarding Linux and I can tell you put great care into crafting your content. Glad you reminded me about Hearthstone... I don't think I'll return to ladder (I played many years ago at the peak of Pirate Warrior, Handlock, Face Hunter, the Mage Deck with the Giants...) but the Bartender Bob Battlegrounds mode is so fun!

I got absorbed so much when I switched to Arch. Unfortunately I chose it as my first distribution, so you can imagine how much of my time it garbled up :D

Keep up the awesome content, I'm looking forward to seeing what else you make! :)

[stevet]

Absolutely fell in love with debian it ended my distro hopping. Its stable and works great on all my computers. I dont usually need the latest and greatest software but when I do I can build from source, find a .deb file, or use flatpak.

Now if i could just find a DE to stick with. KDE? GNOME? XFCE?... There are so many to play with.