CarlLandry357@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoI'm looking for a free OS, should it be Debian or Arch Linux(community)?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1209arrow-down1imageI'm looking for a free OS, should it be Debian or Arch Linux(community)?lemmy.worldCarlLandry357@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square108fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareabbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoDebian is chosen for Satellites because it is “stable”, that is it doesn’t do major changes like changing the Kernel. Arch isn’t for beginners, but it’s a rolling release distro that’s nice and simple but powerful.
minus-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoYou do have the option though. I run LMDE7, and installed a 7.0-prempt kernel yesterday because I felt that I was seeing too much stuttering in 3d games. I installed it from my package manager which already had debian Backports turned on.
minus-squareDigit@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSome have started with arch. Not all beginners are alike. … Some even started with LFS.
Debian is chosen for Satellites because it is “stable”, that is it doesn’t do major changes like changing the Kernel.
Arch isn’t for beginners, but it’s a rolling release distro that’s nice and simple but powerful.
You do have the option though. I run LMDE7, and installed a 7.0-prempt kernel yesterday because I felt that I was seeing too much stuttering in 3d games. I installed it from my package manager which already had debian Backports turned on.
Some have started with arch.
Not all beginners are alike.
… Some even started with LFS.