A tier list with Debian in every category, no other distros
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[–] [S] 65 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (12 children)

Do you want to live the boring stable life, where you can just build and build and build your personal poop castle on top of that solid OS for years and years? If yes, switch to Debian. You won't be reinstalling till you get so bored that you get the urge to self-harm (by reinstalling). We can't afford new hardware anyways, but even if we do, the same install will work on the new system with few tweaks. πŸ˜†

The initial setup is a bit more annoying than Pop/Mint/Ubuntu but not too much more. Upgrades are also a bit more annoying but not too much more. There's good documentation for both of those procedures.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    What if my new hardware ends up being RISC V?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    IIRC the x86_64 binaries won't work, so you will require a reinstall.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Yes, but that's always the case when you're switching architectures. The x86 binaries won't work on ARM, either.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    And that's where my comment matches what the Avid Amoeba is going with, that Debian will make the hardware usable for so long that RISC V might be mainstream (and maybe even powerful enough compared to current x86_64) by the time I decide to change the system.

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