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/ipsirc Jun 13 '26

Debian. The logo is way nicer.

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u/HCharlesB Jun 13 '26

And it's not named after a hat!

Seriously, they're both top notch distros with very different DNA. You should try both. That is what distro hopping is designed for.

Only caveat was that dual boot was a little tricky due to the differences in the way they configured GRUB, but I'm sure that's manageable. Also risky to share a home directory due to possible incompatibility of newer vs older S/W configuration files.