• daggermoon@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      9 hours ago

      Any downsides to switching to Debian from Arch? If using the testing branch it’s mostly like Arch right?

      • Jason2357@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        5 hours ago

        I’ve noticed that more and more, interesting new projects have nix, appimg, pkg, and docker releases. So on Debian, I need to rely on non-native packages or compiling more frequently than before. Not a big issue, but it’s a new awkwardness I wasn’t used to.

      • OctaviaMeowzly
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        5 hours ago

        no, texting is packages that are chosen to make it the next version of debian stable, the version your thinking of is debian unstable/sid, which is not a standalone os but a repo that you can change to after you install either testing or stable (unstable does not refer to the stability of your system but to the stability of package compatibility as it turns debian into a rolling release system like arch) Note: you can use Bookworm (stable) and trixie (testing) repos along with sid repos but it’s not recommended as it would make a frankendebian and might break stuff (see this for more info)