Post by @Mustardfacial@infosec.exchange

2026-09-04 15:57 UTC

I already know this is a mistake to ask, but fuck it, it's Friday: Linux nerds: I grow weary of Debian. Please recommend me a distribution that is similar to Fedora, but which either uses apt or has as robust of a repository as apt. My single gripe with Fedora is that there are magnitudes more .deb packages than there are .rpm. Please do not recommend compiling from source, I'm looking for an everyday desktop computer, not a fucking project. And more importantly DO NOT recommend Ubuntu. I fucking hate Ubuntu. Let the inevitable nerd flame war begin #linux #debian #fedora #distro

Replies (8)

@Ichinin@infosec.exchange 2026-09-04 16:13

@Mustardfacial@infosec.exchange i dont have any recommendation, i just wanted to say that i also fucking hate ubuntu.

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@jpaskaruk@growers.social 2026-09-04 16:16

@Mustardfacial@infosec.exchange What are you using it for? What specifically do you not like about Debian/like about Fedora? I ain't here to fight, but "I grow weary" is a very vague complaint 🤣

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@benjamineskola@hachyderm.io 2026-09-04 16:18

@Mustardfacial@infosec.exchange What is ‘like Fedora’ in this case? I guess I don’t know enough about Fedora because I would have guessed ‘like fedora but uses apt’ is Debian.

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@lecroix74@fosstodon.org 2026-09-04 19:28

@Mustardfacial@infosec.exchange if the apps of your choice have rpm equivalent, or indeed flatpak, then you really have no excuse to not give #fedora a try... Coming from ex-debian-turned-fedora user... I never looked back. Tested Cachy out of curiosity, but it's just not what i like

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@rspfau@ecoevo.social 2026-09-04 20:50

@Mustardfacial@infosec.exchange Inevitable flame war? Where have you been hanging out lately?

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@d1@autistics.life 2026-09-05 07:19

@Mustardfacial@infosec.exchange mx linux

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@passthejoe@ruby.social 2026-09-07 20:28

@Mustardfacial@infosec.exchange Fedora likely has the most packages of any RPM distro. Don't forget about COPR repos, which can fill in a lot of gaps. I just switched to #Debian because of all the available packages. After a few years of "everything is a Flatpak," I'm seeing what native packaging is like again.

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@jzb@hachyderm.io 2026-09-08 14:30

@Mustardfacial@infosec.exchange What is it about Debian that you're unhappy with? That would help a lot. One of the things I do to solve application availability on my distribution of choice is to use Distrobox with it. For example, if I want a fairly stable base OS I might use Debian + a Fedora Distrobox for some applications. Or, in the reverse: if I want a fast-moving base distribution like Fedora but miss some applications that are only packaged for Debian, I use Fedora + a Debian testing Distrobox setup. https://lwn.net/Articles/1049423/

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