Debian 10 'Buster' Full Review and My Thoughts

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[nitinkumar]

Debian is the best linux distro when it comes to reliability and stability.

[sudipchatterjee]

"Buster" is the first Debian version that I've installed on any of my machines. And you know what, it quickly became my default choice! I think, at least on that machine, I'm not going to change distros ever. It is that good! Stability and reliability at its best! I don't mind old packages if they run smoothly on my system.
Thanks for the nice walkthrough!

[aidanjt]

The point of older software isn't just stability, it's also maturity. All those feature and security bugs that come with every shiny new software version are usually fairly well ironed out by the time a new Debian stable lands. The same follows with RHEL (which is actually a version behind Buster on both the kernel & GNOME).

[eznix]

I think you are missing the entire point of Debian Stable. Debian Stable is for long term stability, for a system that does NOT change. Debian Stable is not for those who need newer software, it is for people who value unchanging stability over all else. If you need newer drivers and software, use something else, Debian Stable is not for you. Free software is also the point of Debian. Debian is NOT for your beginner user. As you said, do not recommend Debian for what you call an average user. That is not Debian's fault, that is Debian's strength (unwavering ethics and stability). There are not rough edges. What you are calling issues and rough edges are features that Debian Stable users appreciate. Debian is already great for the intended purpose it serves.

[adjusted-bunny]

My set-up: Buster, i3 wm, pcmanfs, slim login manager, xterm, chromium. Works like a charm. Superfast and very resource-friendly.

[harrytsang]

6:29 If you leave the root password blank, it'd setup sudo like how it is on Ubuntu

[PaulMorganRyder]

It will install sudo if you live the root password blank

[kevindavis]

Thanks for all you do, Jay! You've hooked me on Linux!

[pedroandrade]

29:35 had the same exact problem wih my now 6yo laptop. just managed to install debian this last weeken. Debian 11.
thanks for the vids. regards.

[Andy.N-_-]

Great overview, i am v glad you did a bit on the MATE DT thanks

[LeonidBraynerMyshkin]

Installed wheezy on my work computer 4 years ago and have been dist-upgrading since.

[RootsterAnon]

Lacuna Coil you hit me in my feels. Tnx for reminding me! Great video!

[kafkaian]

Beautifully explained 👏

I use Debian 10 because my hardware is 3 years old or older and I just want it to work. I was on Linux Mint (Cinnamon) for a few years and very often Cinnamon would become unstable for me as it was recently running it through Debian 10, so I just like the bog standard Debian running Gnome. No trauma, although Cinnamon is my favourite for look, feel and productivity. A shame it's unreliable on my architecture.

Great work

Cheers, Ian from Birmingham, England 🇬🇧

[Labs]

The Lacuna Coil t-shirt just gained you a new subscriber.

[johnlug]

Jay thanks for that one statement of the live installer setting up sudo and disabling the PW. So, for Laptop as a VM developer local tool, do I lose any other developer tools related to VM, K8s, Docker etc.? Especially when it comes to installing packages (manually). One year noob to Linux; on my third Deb Buster install to lap top. TIA

[rickcontreras]

Thank you for you time. Its a nice walk thru

[abaneyone]

Well worth the tinkering! Best distro I've used. Cured me of distro-hopping!

[AnzanHoshinRoshi]

Thank you, Jay. I enjoy Synaptic as well.

[WRND]

I more or less started seriously using Linux using Debian maybe six years ago or so, and am glad I did. I still use it where stability is more of a priority, like on home servers, but now also use other distros like Manjaro. I'm likely more tech savvy than the average PC user, but I'm glad I started with Debian to sort out some of these complications when using it in a more typical desktop/laptop environment. It was great learning how much of it you could "mod" to your own needs, really making it your OS.

The only hardware functionality I seem to be missing from Linux now is Miracast support, though I haven't looked into it much for a while.

[richardmonroe]

Rather than Ubuntu, I chose MX Linux. It is my main drive. Nice presentation - enjoy your reviews.