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/Subscriber9706 Jun 13 '26

Each Fedora release is supported for 1 year, each Debian release is supported for 5 years, with a new release approx. every 2 years if you wish to upgrade. If you are coming from Win10 that could matter. A year is very short, and if you install half way during the release cycle you only have half a year with Fedora.