Clem talks about that in the comments. What are some no hassle, Debian based, rustless distros as alternative to Mint?

  • banazir@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    Well, what about just using Debian? It’s a bit hassle, maybe, but if you have prior Linux experience, you’ll be fine.

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      14 hours ago

      debian is gud its just setting up anything other than systemd is a hassle there…debian and fedora would be great distros for regular users if it supported more init systems out-of-the-box

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        13 hours ago

        i’m shocked to see that anyone would proselytize for anything besides systemd; it feels like everyone likes that kool-aid flavor. lol

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          11 hours ago

          oh nah , i wasnt converting anyone to other inits …i was just sharing wut i thought of it, systemd is great for people who like it…after all its part of the FOSS ecosystem

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      what about just using Debian? It’s a bit hassle

      What hassle? Genuinely curious.

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        Well, for example, upgrading between releases is done by manually editing sources.list and some other steps, and there’s no easy tool for that. This is not difficult, exactly, but for people with little experience it’s a bit daunting. Debian in general isn’t the most new user friendly distro, in my experience. Distros like Mint and Ubuntu make the Debian experience slightly easier. Not that Debian is some esoteric system.