@brennen plain-Debian was my first linux distro back in 2001, it would be an interesting trip down memory lane
@darius @brennen I agree here, I still run plain Debian on most stuff and find it a very reasonable Linux. I have been running it continuously since around 1997.
It's easier than ever since they finally allowed firmware blobs on the default install media in Debian 12, so you don't have to go hunting down a special unofficial installer for the WiFi to work.
@darius there are caveats, as with anything - some stuff is pretty stale on stable (i know a lot of people run testing or unstable instead for this reason), some stuff needs to be grabbed from outside the main apt sources or installed/built from whatever lang-specific package manager - but it's really predictable, i know everything super well, and i find the slow update cycle a good way to manage the rate of change.
