![]() So your point applies, my choice is personal Void suits me because I mostly do programming, so all I really need is a couple of terminal windows and stuff like gcc, R, latex and vi. , but keeping Debian or Devuan as a backup. I have looked at distros with runit instead of systemd - Devuan and Void - I am very impressed with runit, it was only a half hour learning curve, it keeps all its config files in text file form so you can see and edit ( unlike systemd which has binary files). I have looked at rolling release Linux distros - Void and Solus. I have experimented with doing cross-release upgrades of Debian - that was ok going from 10 to 11 Doing a reinstall when there is a new release every 18 months is a burden, not so much the install, but redoing the configuration.Debian is my base system, but the two things I am trying to improve on over Debian are I like your post and I agree about Debian and its derivatives being stable and reliable. Some prefer KDE and some prefer XFCE… Great! This is the freedom of choice! So, some people prefer rock music and some prefer jazz or classical music. Linux gives us a freedom of choice with open source software and a friendly helpful community of users. Google Chrome is a good browser, except that it is loaded with spyware from Google. Windows 10 is useless resource hog and is full of spyware from Microsoft. For me Linux does everything that Windows does, while I decide what software runs on my PC and not Microsoft. Now we just add non-free repositories to sources.list in Debian and all hardware works perfectly. I have tried Linux about 15 years ago, but switched back to Windows, because Linux had serious problems with hardware drivers (sound, video, wireless, etc.), and while Windows was getting worse (since Windows 8), Linux was getting better. This is not a competition, - Linux is all about the freedom of choice, which is my main reason to ditch Windows and use Linux. Star Linux with LXDE uses 149 MB RAM on boot and only 2.3 GB disk space in my install. I no longer like Ubuntu, since they push SNAP too hard and Ubuntu is full of bloatware. The init system is the only difference between them. Devuan is what Debian used to be before they switched to systemd instead of sysvinit. My favorite Windows was XP, so I made LXDE look and act in a similar fashion, however I added some extras like side panel, etc. ![]() LXDE is very fast and light on CPU and RAM usage. I use LXDE desktop, which doesn’t have it’s own power manager, so I install xfce4-power-manger. I used foobar2000 on Windows, which is the best for sound quality and Audacious is the closest match. Audacious is my favorite audio player, that can use direct hardware device (soundcard) without any conversions and output excellent sound quality. VLC is good, but I find that “mpv”, which runs under SMPlayer GUI has better graphics hardware acceleration support (lower CPU load compared to VLC), and I prefer SMPlayer GUI with “Dark” icon theme and multitude of features. Firefox ESR is an old version and does not receive timely security updates). Firefox is the only browser I like (Waterfox is based on Firefox and fully compatible with Firefox add-ons. The same with software - I’ve tried multiple apps and chose the ones that have the features I need and use the GUI that appeals to me. In the end I chose Debian based distros as most stable and reliable. I was distro and software apps hopping for a while. I recommended software I use every day and it just works great. The choice of Operating System, Desktop Environment and Software are all subject to individual requirements and personal taste. ![]()
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