Stefanie SchulteApr 15, 2017

I'm going to get a new (used) laptop soon. Which Debian release should I install at this stage of the release cycle, Jessie or Stretch? My current laptop runs Wheezy.

(I want as few bugs as possible, but also dislike the idea of having to upgrade in the near future.)

Also, is Xfce still the lightweight desktop of choice?

Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Apr 22, 2017

@stefanieschulte Sounds pretty solid. I'm strongly partial to Windowmaker: stable, usable, gets out of the way, changes very, very little.

I've also got a couple of decades with it, which may factor into the decision.

Show threadStefanie SchulteApr 22, 2017
@dredmorbius Must admit I hadn't heard of Windowmaker before. I tried #i3wm for a while (mentioned by @gcupc, too). I like the concept quite a lot, but somehow, it's tricky to use if you regularly work with applications that rely heavily on a GUI (such as GIMP or Inkscape).
Show threadDr. Edward Morbius ❌
@stefanieschulte @dredmorbius @gcupc After WMaker, probably xfce. Its window-cycling isn't quite what I'd like, though it's close.
Apr 22, 2017 at 1:27pmWeb