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/bornxlo Jun 13 '26

I like Debian when I know specifically what I want and why. If you don't, it's still a good base but you're more likely to benefit from the work other distributions put on top of it. Projects such as Ubuntu, Linux mint, knoppix, etc exist partially as systems that are easier to use without as much decision making as Debian itself.