On Sun, 14 Nov 2021 14:56:39 +0200 Thanos Katsiolis <kls.tha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I am new to the Debian distribution and I would like to hear opinions > from experienced users on why someone should choose them as OS. > The reasons I chose them is that Debian is considered a stable and > reliable OS That's a major factor... > (the policy of the OS is not to include as many and as > much quickly as possible new features), In addition to the official Debian release ('Stable'), there are two rolling releases that contain fairly up-to-date software, but by definition are less reliable than Stable. The user takes on some responsibility for fixing breakages. https://www.debian.org/releases/ > and that it has a large and > dependable community. Indeed, and also many Debian derivatives are sources of useful help and information (e.g. Ubuntu, Kali, Knoppix). They are of course not identical to the base Debian, but generally have a great deal in common with it, and much of the documentation is valid. Knoppix is particularly valuable for identifying hardware problems with installation of a base Debian distribution. -- Joe