I have been Using Debian from Version 8 on a regular basis, even though I have tested it from version 6 in the 32 bit time.
Version 12 is fantastic and there is no other distribution to rival it.
It comes in two year cycles and stable.
One need not update it daily like Mint or Manjaro (sleek but finicky).
One need not save a copy or a Time-shift, fearing fragmentation.
Corporate guys like Redhat and Suse fear fragmentation and that is their nature and they are worried about their commercial outcome.
I say, use the useless Microsoft Windows or very expensive Apple.
Linux fragments only one fiddles with its original intentions.
That intention is FREE SOFTWARE for the WORLD and the human consumption from East to West and North to South.
Coming to Debian, I finally got two version of Debian in my NUC computer of 320GB.
It consumes little over 100GB with a handsomely large /home folder (with 10 partitions including Efi partition).
Of course it can reside on a single partition like Endless OS. and a boot partition, that is OK for a an old laptop, which I have. It is working fine.
I use two version for two reasons.
1. One is my workhorse which I do not fiddle with after getting my applications installed. I come to applications in a little while.
2. The other version is for fiddling round. Currently I am fiddling round with various Desktops, especially the light weight ones, including SUGAR for old computers which can be used productively.
I of course had a network of 14 to 16 IBM computers discarded from America in our home network and quickly disbanded them when our electricity bill went up. I was nearing retirement and and it came down to 3 one for the family and other two exclusively for me.
Currently two basic NUCs but only one is connected to the Internet.
Other is for my son who is not interested in computers now.
In the good old days, I had two versions of Debian, one running the older version and the other the latest version. I cannot remember whether Debian had a two year cycle, then.
3. I use only Gnome and said good bye to KDE and Plasma (consume lot of memory in the boot up itself, even before doing some work).
I tried PCLinux and erased it after 24 hours.
It is clunky.
Same thing with Devuan (probably an European version of Debian derivative), not worth trying.
4. Now to the applications
1. I do not use bulky LibreOffice.
Of course, LibreOffice has a database management system for storing films, videos, etc.
I have not tested this fully.
Instead, I download AbiWord my favorite Word Processor.
It used to be 28MB when mounted but has expanded to 250MB to accommodate various worldly formats.
2. Stacer
3. notepadqq a new conversion
4. VLC as old as my Linux conversion
5. GIMP
6. Htop a terminal
7. Audacity as old as my Linux conversion.
8. Box Virtual Box (not proprietary Oracle Virtual Box)
New adventure to test new Linux distributions on a virtual machine
9. Xournal (not Vim or Emac ), my old favorite but haven't used for a long time!
Xouranl has both text editor and hand writing tool which are amazing
10. Firefox and several other web browsers (Falkon, Opera, Dillo)
Firefox is my fovourite browser with Thunderbird as the Linux Email client.
11. Of course, Bluefish, just in case I need to do few lines of Code.
It has python, PHP and Perl and lot of Code Breakers.
12. Gnumeric is for money matters
Joplin I believe is proprietary and Rednote is a worthy note taker.
Excuse my Typos and I am back to my writing mode and occasional testing of a new Linux Distribution,
Four books on various topics.
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