Martinus Hoevenaar

I am using Debian Stable, since I rely on my computers for my work (as artist). And you?

#debian #linux

Mar 26 at 7:26pmWeb
Show threadJB Mar 26

@martinus

Debian Stable for home and family.

Qubes OS for work.

Show threadMartinus HoevenaarMar 26
@jbjrkng I had never heard of Qubes, but since you've mentioned it, I looked it up. Interesting approach of security. 🙂
Show threadJB Mar 26

@martinus

It doesn't suit everyone, but we use it to separate production from testing, and web browsing from password managers. Some things online, some things without network access, and so on.

Requires powerful hardware to an extent though.

Show threadJeffMar 26

@martinus

I currently have Manjaro on my home desktop and a smaller media computer hooked to my TV and Solus on my laptop, for testing purposes. I like the rolling nature of the distros.

Show threadMartinus HoevenaarMar 26
@cynical13 I have been using Arch for many years, but the breakage I had several times per year after updates made me look for something more stable. I really enjoyed Arch and the rolling releasing, but after those breakages it made me think what I really want from my computers. And after reading and trying a lot, even BSD, I ended up with Debian. 🙂
Show threadJeffMar 26

@martinus

I certainly get that.

I haven't really had that experience with rolling releases. Manjaro was incredibly stable and has been a real workhorse for me.

I was initially concerned about the state of the distro after the Manifesto 2.0 dropped a few weeks ago, but things seem to be doing better now.

I experimented with Solus a few years ago and now that they have a KDE Plasma edition, I wanted to give it another shot, in case things went badly with Manjaro.

Show threadpeter (not the famous one)Mar 26

@martinus The one debian machine frequently used in my home is stable, because debian testing is *explicitly* not going to work correctly at any given time except for the new release day/hour/minute/how-fast-will-a-bug-be-filed. If you really need `latest and greatest' there's always backports.

there's also an infrequently used powerpc maching running unstable since powerpc became an unofficial port and there are hoops to backflip through.

Show threadFabian TranschelMar 26
@martinus #gentoo testing. I honestly think it's more stable than Debian releases, but I will admit that I have about twenty years of bias to work through 😏
Show threadMartinMar 27
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I am using #debian #stable but have also one machine running a mix of #unstable and #testing. But only for private use. At work I suffer from #windows.