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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (3 children)

Which issue does switching to Debian solve? Debian's LTS (gratis) release support length is the same as Ubuntu's, i.e. 5 years. Also, I want to reinstall my OS even less than I want to upgrade it.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

For one thing, snaps.

More options and configuration flexibility, longer support historically from the community, including security, etc. If youre going to do a huge dist-upgrade, you're bordering on reinstall territory as is, which is why I mention it.

Ubuntu will be more willing to incorporate newer updates more quickly, Debian will be a more consistently stable upgrade path, avoids unnecessary services from install so less attack vectors and less security update needs from the jump.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

So it doesn't solve any of the issues that prevent me from upgrading? And I really don't think that reinstalling is more convenient than doing two major upgrades in a row - sure it's less data used, but it's definitely not going to be faster to install all the applications and non-default packages I use because I'd have to do that manually, plus I use quite a few flatpaks that probably wouldn't be touched at all by upgrading the OS.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 1 points 5 hours ago

Hey, you do you. Good luck with the upgrade.