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Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 59000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.

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How is testing? (programming.dev)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I usually switch to testing about 1 year after the release of stable. We're about the 9 month mark and I'm getting anxious. Any major issues running testing? This is for my main desktop.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I've been running testing on multiple workstations for over a decade and very rarely have issues. Just avoid updates right after the rollover to stable and you're good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I have been running sid (unstable) on my desktop since 2013. I've had maybe 4 issues in all those years. This is through multiple ram, diak, power supply, motherboard upgrades. It just runs fine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I've been running testing for quite some time. Runs well. Sometimes some smaller hiccups during the freezes. They don't promise you'll get security patches on time (with anything but stable). Otherwise nice rolling distro. I'm occasionally mixing in packages from unstable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I have been running unstable for over a decade testing is just fine install apt-listbugs and apt-changelogs and keep an eye on mass removes when you do an upgrade and you will be just fine. also timeshift is your best friend.