So a while back I threw Ubuntu 22 LTS on an old Surface Pro 3 and gave it to my Dad.

He loves it, but he’s the type who’s been burnt by updating software in the past, so he basically refuses any whenever prompted.

Been thinking about throwing Debian with Gnome on it for a while, and wondering if it’s stable enough to just let updates happen automatically in the background?

I got no experience with Debian I basically jumped right on EndeavourOS as my main distro when I started using Linux full time.

  • kbal@fedia.io
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    1 month ago

    Debian stable? It’s probably about as safe as you can get for that. Problems are rare. Bookworm is supposed to get security updates until 2028. If they keep on being as stable as they have been in my experience the only one he’s likely to notice is Firefox updating to a new major version once a year.

    • HouseWolf@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      30 days ago

      I honestly forgot Debian had a none stable version.

      He’s not too picky with web browsers as long as it…well browses the web.

      I’ll give it a go and hopefully get 4 years away from being tech support. Thanks!