Debian 12 Review
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- socphoenix ( @socphoenix@midwest.social ) 12•2 years ago
This feels like the reviewers expected Debian to create their own desktop environment between releases or something. The point of Debian has always been a stable experience, not to be flashy.
- sarsaparilyptus ( @sarsaparilyptus@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) 4•2 years ago
Yeah but you need to be able to install it in the first place
As a Debian (sid/ unstable) user myself, I am simply saddened that the reviewer had so many issues related to the install process, etc.
- potpie ( @potpie@beehaw.org ) 11•2 years ago
Those installer problems are mysterious. I just installed Debian 12 with no issues, so in my book, being able to use WiFi from the outset was enough of an improvement to earn a couple big ol’ thumbs up.
- EponymousBosh ( @EponymousBosh@beehaw.org ) 9•2 years ago
It seems like Distrowatch runs into install problems way more often than normal, to the point that I wonder if there’s something wrong on their end.
- sin_free_for_00_days ( @sin_free_for_00_days@lemmy.one ) 5•2 years ago
Unfortunate experience, and something I’ve never had happen with Debian. I’ve been on 12 for awhile. Of course I didn’t clean install, just did a normal dist-upgrade and had no problems, as has been the case for the last decade or so on this machine.
- levi ( @levi@feddit.de ) 3•2 years ago
Sounds a bit like a faulty image. I had similar problems once with Ubuntu. Turned out the image was corrupted. Always check your md5sums, kids.
- Louis Dureuil ( @dureuill@lemmyrs.org ) English2•2 years ago
Apparently, they did.
The media checksums passed, the hard drive had plenty of room on it (less than a quarter of the available space was used when the installer failed), and the installer requires very little RAM (less than 1GB).
- levi ( @levi@feddit.de ) English1•2 years ago
Huh, didn’t see that, my bad.
- OldFartPhil ( @OldFartPhil@kbin.social ) 2•2 years ago
I had problems with the installer a few months ago when I tried to do an install using Virt-Manager. I would have assumed it would be fixed before release, so that does sound like an issue. I upgraded my bare metal install from 11 so I don’t have any problems there.
Other than that, a lot of Debian reviewers don’t seem to “get” Debian. I tend to avoid a lot of Debian reviews because it seems like most complaints boil down to, “It doesn’t do this - thing - like Ubuntu (or some other distro) does.” Debian is a vanilla Linux distribution that allows you to do your own set up and customizing, hopefully avoiding the poor decisions and introduced bugs common in the more “coordinated” distros.