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submitted 10 months ago by case_when@feddit.uk to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I've been using Linux Mint since forever. I've never felt a reason to change. But I'm interested in what persuaded others to move.

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[-] neonred@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The great thing about Debian is; it has a gear-shifter.

Whether stable or sid, it's still debian but you can go from "rock solid, reliable" to "most recent with several updates per day" in the same ecosystem and just by changing the repositories, apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade, done.

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