Title pretty much says it all. I’ve been using ubuntu as my daily driver for the last 5 years or so and honestly, I’ve had a wonderful experience with it.

That said, with the way things are going, I feel like its only a matter of time before Canonical pulls the rug out so I’d like to at least get my feet wet with something other than Ubuntu and Debian seems like the logical choice.

I mainly use my machines for gaming, self hosting, programming, and weird networking projects/automation testing.

I’ve heard gaming on debian isnt as ‘out of the box’ as it is with Ubuntu. So I’m hoping somone with more experience can share some tips on what I should be looking out for or point me to some good guides. Thanks yall.

EDIT: I fucking love this community. Thank you all for your replies. I appreciate you taking the time to help me out.

  • thepineapplejumped@lemm.ee
    16·
    10 months ago

    Maybe a bit naive, but what is the way that things that are going? What would Canonical pulling the rug out look like?

    • AProfessional@lemmy.worldEnglish
      281·
      10 months ago

      Canonical has been pushing their less portable Snap solution and moving away from traditional packages.

      This means:

      • They are the sole store host and decide what is allowed.
      • The apps can be less secure or totally broken on other distros.
      • The tooling to make snaps heavily incentivize only using Ubuntu as a base.