I’m planning to put Debian-based operating system onto my Surface Laptop Gen 1, following the guide (linux-surface). Any good Debian-based Linux recommendations? For now I’m considering AntiX (lightweight debian) and normal Debian.
P.S. I’ve installed pure Debian, as everyone suggests. Thanks for advice!
Just use debian
Just go with Debian.
I just use Debian and it’s fine. I don’t understand the point of using “Debian-based” instead of just plain Debian. Maybe I’m missing something but we have some Ubuntu machines at work and it’s hard to tell much difference.
Idk I thought something niche is better fun
That would be Guix, I think. Debian is pretty traditional.
Hmm… I wonder if Guix is ok to use with Surface
Pick one. It’s debian-based. You literally can’t pick “the wrong one”. You just have uninstall what you don’t like, and install what you want. That simple.
Why don’t you give PopOS a try, it is quite user friendly Ubuntu/Debian based
Linux Mint Debian Edition.
Not Debian-based, but Debian. With KDE.
Some say that KDE on Debian is unstable. Is it real?
Been using KDE since Debian 9. I’d say it’s stable enough.
I’ve had problems with KDE on Wayland on Debian 12, it fails when entering sleep mode with multiple monitors. Thankfully, KDE on X is just one package install away, and it works with no bugs.
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i tend to go with debian.
If you want something Debian-but-not-Ubuntu-based, give LMDE a try.
Debian Testing. My daily driver since… a long time :)
Check out projectbluefin.io, the developer experience has lots of goodies built in.
It’s a immutable/atomic fedora silverblue spin based on cloud native principles.
I agree with you but I assume they want Debian for a reason.
distrobox enter debian-toolbox:)
Look into MxLinux. It is Debian based with lots of noce tools. And as DE you could use KDE.
MX seems good
You could try VanillaOS 2.0 Beta which is a Debian-based immutable distro, planned for final release later this year.
You can just go for Ubuntu, Mint or AntiX if you want good experience. Debian can be harder but it’s quite stable (unless you use KDE). Any other suggestions depend on your use cases. For example, you can only use Ubuntu based distros for some Android development tasks
Go with Linux Mint, but the Edge edition. This will have the best chances to support your hardware, because it uses a newer kernel.
