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In my eyes my problem with moving to SUSE or Ubuntu is that it's the same thing. A corporation backed or straight up corporation developed and owned distro still has ONE failure point. Right now SUSE are "the good guys", but what if they get bought? What if there's a new CEO? What if they suddenly just decide to abuse their power? Then you're simply screwed. Red Hat were also seen as "one of the good guys" some months ago, but the way things work, companies always end up pivoting towards what makes them more money. Them being ethical is nothing but a luxury that happens if they can afford it and if we are lucky.
I'm moving to Debian once I get my new PC.
@mimichuu_ @exu Debian is a rock solid choice, & one you'll never regret making....
Any tips for when I do switch, by the way?
@mimichuu_ Yea I have a few off the top of my head....
Try to update as regularly as possible.
Use "netselect-apt" to get the best mirrors for APT.
APT supports parallel downloads, so enable them straight after installation.
APT caches downloaded packages by default, which can consume disk space over time. Make sure to clean it every once in a while with "sudo apt-get clean".
Thank you!