• Krzd@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Yeah and? Debian is free, you can just upgrade to the newer version without paying a thing.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      And upgrades tend to be pretty stable. You can still use whatever UX you were used to before, since packages tend to stick around quite a bit.

      The issue with Win 11 is that it drastically changes hardware requirements and UX. That’s not an issue for Debian.

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        7 months ago

        And because linux is 99% just the programs you install on it when you do upgrade to a new version you aren’t being forced into a new system. This is why distro wars are pointless.

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        7 months ago

        No, actually, extra ads begging me to subscribe to my own computer are a cost.

      • JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz
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        7 months ago

        I cannot use my win11 laptop because they removed the language bar and switching keyboard layout is impossible. Unfortunately it’s something that I do on the regular since programming in my native layout is really difficult hunting down alt+some numbers for the {} and I need letters with accents like žšć when I write something