Maybe I didn't give it enough time or did a wrong config during install, but my first time using straight vanilla debian, I didn't like how I needed to add my account to root. This was fairly early on in my time using Linux, so that was all my fault and nothing wrong with Debian. Left a sour taste that I could easily get over now, but that would require me to use/install it...

So, instead, I just use MX for now. It's Debian based, but I cannot say whether it's better than Debian itself due to lack of vanilla deb usage.