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Reader supplied reviews for Debian Average rating 8.4 from 355 review(s) What are your thoughts on Debian? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- unstabletesting98.07.06.05.04.03.13.02.22.12.01.31.21.1 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Comments (maximum 2,048 characters): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 9 Rating: 10 Date: 2018-06-13 Votes: 4 Debian has been my distro of choice for about 15 years. Still the best all-round distro, able to provide a solid application structure and a solid development environment. I notice that lately it can be easier to re-install than to upgrade from a previous version. I had this experience from 7 to 8 and now 8 to 9: always there is something that does not migrate cleanly. In the age of docker it's not a big deal for servers if the upgrade process is broken, but it means that you'll need to budget some time to update your development workstation. I miss the old sysvinit, but I guess we need to move on. It would be nice if we finally got a nice boot splash out of the deal at least... Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 9 Rating: 10 Date: 2018-06-10 Votes: 0 After reading some of the reviews below, I thought I'd chime in: Debian is quite easy to install, whats probably not so easy is navigating the Debian website to find the correct ISO to install, after that it is a painless process. The installation will walk you through the install process e.g setting a domain name, computer name, username, root password, then choosing the partion table, then install, during install you choose to put grub on the MBR and so on. Configuring Debian is also quite easy, most of what you do will be to adjust things via nano, like changing your sources.list or adding a user to the sudoers file. There is an extensive amount of help for Debian on the web. You will quickly become confident using it. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 9 Rating: 8 Date: 2018-06-05 Votes: 1 Debian is a good choice for a Linux Distro if you use it correctly. It is customizable and stable, and the netinstall version works well for those who want to choose a desktop environment. However, it is one of the harder to use Distros, since it's difficult to configure, and it requires a good internet connection. Unlike Ubuntu or Mint, it doesn't give you a guide on how to get started, it just assumes that you're an expert with Linux. Because of this, it is recommended that you have many years of experience using a Linux. For new users who have never used Linux before, consider using Elementary OS or Zorin. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 355 reader reviews of Debian...