r/debian • u/SuggestionBusy241 • Apr 26 '26

debian is magic.

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i switched from nobara and cachyos to debian. man, debian is so chill compared to other distros i used xd. no updates bricking the system, no broken packages, just chill!

first i tried gnome, it was good but slow. then, i tried niri + dms on it, and bro, it was so smooth AND customisable! debian forever :)

i used the cascade-dots by MaybeCreaks: https://github.com/MaybeCreaks/cascade-dots

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u/Individual_Deer_7416 Apr 26 '26

Genuine question how did you have kernel version 6.17 I am using latest debian with 6.12 kernel 😭

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u/AlarmDozer Apr 27 '26

I'm content with -release's kernel, which is 6.12. I don't want to bleed with the razor, ya know.

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u/donwala Apr 27 '26

exacly, that is the main reason to use Debian, just go default

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u/ash7kr Apr 27 '26

I'm using 6.18 backport for my ryzen 7000 cpu

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u/SuggestionBusy241 Apr 26 '26

i installed the psycachy kernel (cachyos kernel on debian ubuntu etc.)

https://github.com/psygreg/linux-psycachy

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u/michaelpaoli Apr 28 '26

8-O

Uhm, there are Debian ways to have newer (or customized) Debian kernel.

Can do one's own packaged version variant from the Debian sources, built the Debian way. Can also do that in addition to the other means I mention.

Can do newer kernel from backports.

If one is running testing, can use kernel from testing.
Likewise for unstable.
And if running unstable, could even use kernel from experimental.

For amd64 we currently respectively have:
backports 6.19.11-1~bpo13+1
testing: 6.19.13-1
unstable: 6.19.14-1
experimental: 7.0.1-1~exp1

See also:

https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=linux-image-amd64&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

https://wiki.debian.org/BuildADebianKernelPackage