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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah and? Debian is free, you can just upgrade to the newer version without paying a thing.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And upgrades tend to be pretty stable. You can still use whatever UX you were used to before, since packages tend to stick around quite a bit.

The issue with Win 11 is that it drastically changes hardware requirements and UX. That's not an issue for Debian.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And because linux is 99% just the programs you install on it when you do upgrade to a new version you aren't being forced into a new system. This is why distro wars are pointless.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You can also upgrade from Windows 10 to 11 for free.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

No, actually, extra ads begging me to subscribe to my own computer are a cost.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I cannot use my win11 laptop because they removed the language bar and switching keyboard layout is impossible. Unfortunately it's something that I do on the regular since programming in my native layout is really difficult hunting down alt+some numbers for the {} and I need letters with accents like žšć when I write something

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It seems worthwhile to set realistic expectations.