Comments on: installing linux the chris titus way/2022/11/20/installing-linux-the-chris-titus-way/various and sundry notionsMon, 21 Nov 2022 10:15:40 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: wjlonien/2022/11/20/installing-linux-the-chris-titus-way/comment-page-1/#comment-1685Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:15:40 +0000/?p=9965#comment-1685I partly agree here with Titus – this *is* an easy and fast way to install Debian testing (if you want that), and then change it to “Sid” (unstable). Plus he prefers the Mint look here which is okay, choice is always good.
The question is whether you really want “Sid” or even testing as a beginner. None of them gets security updates, and while Sid will always have the latest and greatest packages after a while (some go to experimental first), there’s still a reason why “Sid” is called “Sid” – it’s that unstable boy from the neighbourhood who likes to break toys, which is *not* what a beginner might want to do IMO.
“Normal” Debian might look outdated to some, but really, for normal people does it really matter to always have the latest and greatest? With newer hardware you’d need newer kernels which is why backports exist, so I’d call this Titus way of installing Debian the best one for nerds or for people who’d want Arch (or any other “rolling release distro) but with Debian packaging.
I’m using bullseye backports, and like you I’m now on kernel 6.0.3 – which is fine for my relatively new AMD Ryzen 7 5700G system. I’m using the same stable Debian on an old Celeron-based notebook with only 2GB of RAM, so there it’s XFCE instead of Gnome, and that one runs nicely too.
But thanks for the video embed anyway – didn’t know Titus before, and that has been interesting.

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