Hello! I’m thinking about switching from my beloved fedora to a rolling release distro, because it really intrigues me, but I’m a bit scared of Arch, it’s still too soon for me to go down this rabbit hole XD
what do you think about debian testing? It’s not a “true” rolling release as long as I understand, but it “practically” behaves like one, correct? On the system informations I still see Debian 12, what will happen when Debian 13 stable will be released?

sorry if these are silly questions and thanks to all in advance!

  • Nine@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If you want a rolling release and like fedora maybe looking at rawhide. Otherwise suse tumbleweed is a solid choice.

    Since you’re asking about Debian then SID is pretty much the rolling release version. This is what Ubuntu pulls from before doing their stuff. If you want close to bleeding edge this is a great way to get that rolling release feel. I know a few people who swear by it! I ran SID for a little while and it was okay but not for me. Arch was definitely better IMO for that. It’s also pretty easy to install arch (or gentoo) these days.

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      1 year ago

      the fact with arch is that I’m a bit scared of messing things up, I was reading some articles about it and the AUR and I don’t know if I’m ready yet
      how much unstable is debian unstable (XD) in your personal experience?

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      The problem is that Fedora rawhide have so many updates and experimental ones and not so much reliable in comparison with Debian sid