CarlLandry357@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 21 hours agoI'm looking for a free OS, should it be Debian or Arch Linux(community)?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1137arrow-down1imageI'm looking for a free OS, should it be Debian or Arch Linux(community)?lemmy.worldCarlLandry357@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 21 hours agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareabbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoDebian is chosen for Satellites because it is “stable”, that is it doesn’t do major changes like changing the Kernel. Arch isn’t for beginners, but it’s a rolling release distro that’s nice and simple but powerful.
minus-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoYou do have the option though. I run LMDE7, and installed a 7.0-prempt kernel yesterday because I felt that I was seeing too much stuttering in 3d games. I installed it from my package manager which already had debian Backports turned on.
Debian is chosen for Satellites because it is “stable”, that is it doesn’t do major changes like changing the Kernel.
Arch isn’t for beginners, but it’s a rolling release distro that’s nice and simple but powerful.
You do have the option though. I run LMDE7, and installed a 7.0-prempt kernel yesterday because I felt that I was seeing too much stuttering in 3d games. I installed it from my package manager which already had debian Backports turned on.