I Used Debian 12 For 5 Months - Long Term Review

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My favourite distro. For me, stability is everything. I don't need the latest and greatest software.

Debian being "boring" is exactly what I love about it. It's the most stable Linux distribution IMHO. Rock-solid, indeed! :)

Kudos to Debian for putting the "Screenshot" button on the installer screens! This is helpful for newbies or anyone that has questions about installing or wants to investigate after installing.

Stable: The production version of Debian. Updates are usually security patches and critical bug fixes. Testing: Contains packages being tested for stability and compatibility. A preview for what will become the next Stable. Lots of people run this as a daily driver. Unstable: AKA "Sid," where new and updated packages are introduced. Not for production. suggested users: Devs and pkg maintainers -but lots of us normies run it. Debian isn't a distro I currently run, but it's probably the distro I respect the most.

This is the second video of yours I've seen, both were great. Thank you Matt and keep up the good work.

Debian Stable is the one distro that made my distrohopping issues go away. Kudos to the team, Debian 12 is nothing short of great.

Linux poster on the wall,your nerdiness far exceeds mine, well done.

Great review of a great distro! I'm so amused that we both like the same distros. I only moved to Debian because I wanted something more community-based rather than corporate. It's been a great experience so far. Definitely not for new users, but if you know your way around and have the ability to do a little research, it's a fantastic option to use. I'm going to try and stick around for an entire release cycle to see if it works for me even when the packages are years out of date.

Boredom and stability are the best recommendations for server OS, which vanilla Debian in reality is. It was always my 1st choice for linux server distro and it never let me down. 👍

Man, You really hit the nail on the head with this one. You dispelled many Debian myths and misconceptions. By giving a clear and accurate overview of what to expect with SW availability, outdated versions and possible solutions (Flatpak, Distrobox). The extra attrition with BTRFS, bluetooth being finnicky I can confirm has been a Debian issue for quite a while. Most important of all the target users for it. Great Job!

Great review, very detailed and its clear you know your stuff and have a real passion for this stuff. Was on the fence on whether or not to use Debian as distro on work machine and you made the decision easy to make

Thanks Matt, Debian is so great for single purpose backend setups, I've had setups run for years with no interaction besides checking for updates here and there with extreme low worry about something breaking. Good video dude, :)

Been on debian forever and didn't know about the dedicated forum page, thank you.

Absolutely fell in love with debian it ended my distro hopping. Its stable and works great on all my computers. I dont usually need the latest and greatest software but when I do I can build from source, find a .deb file, or use flatpak. Now if i could just find a DE to stick with. KDE? GNOME? XFCE?... There are so many to play with.

Debian was the first Distro that I loved back in the Debian 9 days. My tastes and preferences have changed since then. However, if stability and reliability were my main concerns, Debian would be my distro of choice.

Great video as always, Matt!

Great review! Longterm Debian fan and MX main here. Having very few updates is one of the main reasons I use Debian or non-Ubuntu Debian based distros. It's just super-comfy to use and doesn't require much maintenance. The boot taking a very long time might be because of file system checks during startup. But you'd easily see that from the logs and it shouldn't happen too often.

Thanks! Really liked the review.

Nice, thorough look at Debian. Not just a quick run around the bases but a genuine experience. Loved it. I've used Debian for so long that many of the reasons I chose it in the early 2000's are no longer particularly relevant and now I'm just so comfortable I can get it to do everything I want while maintaining a stable server, functional workstation, or more bleeding edge gaming experience I don't often look elsewhere. I think your long term review series here (with other distros) will likely spark that interest to check out others. Excellent work.