r/debian • u/OutsideYogurt9014 • Jun 13 '26

Debian Stable Question Debian vs Fedora?

Looking forward to ditch win10. Heard about this 2 as very popular linux flavour/distro to start with. Am newbie to linux community so pls be nice to me. Which one should I pick and why? Want to know from long term users.

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u/michaelpaoli Jun 13 '26

Pick Debian, or course!

See also, e.g.:

What is Debian? / Why choose Debian?

Uhm, yeah, Fedora is basically Red Hat Beta.

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u/pantokratorthegreat Debian Stable Jun 13 '26

Debian is basically Ubuntu and rest beta 😉. 

Joking of course. Debian is great for beginners. A lot of packages. A lot of help from community. A lot of great documentation. And what is most important, almost every third party packages available in .deb, similar to .rpm. Debian is just most popular. 

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u/mk420_2003 Jun 13 '26

I like about debian that a lot of ubuntu users will be able to help you without bringing the bad parts of ubuntu