Debian - so predictable and 'boring', that you'll love it! It fits like a well worn glove.
We use Debian for nearly all of our servers, along with various Ubuntu flavors (a derivative of Debian) for some additional servers and …
Debian OS
Debian OS
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What is Debian OS?
Debian OS is an open source operating system.
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Debian OS is lightweight, stable, and versatile
We have several instances of Debian running in our environment ranging from Debian 9 to Debian 11. It is lightweight and very stable. …
Debian OS review
Debian OS is an operating system which is aimed and designed to work in a very smooth and fast way. The developer-friendly feature of …
Debian OS --- A complete and stable operating system
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November 05, 2021
Debian OS is lightweight, stable, and versatile
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Technician in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 51-200 employees
We have several instances of Debian running in our environment ranging from Debian 9 to Debian 11. It is lightweight and very stable. Because it's so lightweight, we have no troubles running both containers or full VMs for each application we use with it. We use Debian to run media software, security software, network management software, and computer/user support software.
- Lightweight to make hardware resources stretch far
- Stable. You basically have to be trying to break it to break it.
- Versatile. Because it is so lightweight and stable, many, many pieces of software are built around it.
- At first, learning how to use the command line interface can be difficult. Just takes some time to learn.
- Setting up a minimal base Debian install to be an every day use desktop style OS takes time to learn and do effectively.
My favorite way to use Debian OS is to run shared, hosted, network applications for easy segmentation of apps so that when doing work on one you don't have to effect or take down others. I would not use it is for a daily use desktop style OS. For that I would stick to Windows, macOS, or a distribution of Linux that is already geared towards a daily use desktop OS.
- Versatilitiy
- Stability
- Lightweight
- Due to it's low resource requirement, we are able to run more applications on less physical hardware
- Because of it's versatility, we are able to learn Debian well and run our applications off of the same base operating system. That saves time and expertise requirements.
Debian is the most widely used operating system in our environment due to being how lightweight, stable, and versatile it is.
August 24, 2021
Debian OS review
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Consultant in Research & Development
Information Technology & Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Debian OS is an operating system which is aimed and designed to work in a very smooth and fast way. The developer-friendly feature of Debian OS is particularly useful for companies like us as we developers use various programming languages to develop and support various client applications in our day to day life. We use it across organization for various good reasons.
- Runs smooth and fast.
- Supports many tools since it being an OSS.
- Has got rich software feature and great backend support.
- Having frequent updated versions to its feature set could have been better.
- Great OSS operating system with few glitches in their menus here and there.
- Very few times, running multiple Debian OS in a VM environment may overheat and lag.
Since Debian OS is an open source software distribution, it is feature rich with good integration of pre-loaded tools with the operating system itself. Many more tools required for later supporting tasks can very well be installed with just few commands. Debian OS has great community help and support both from the existing users and the back end supporting technical teams as well. So you will never be left alone if stuck at some point. I don't see any points which take it back.
- Being open source software.
- Very much similar to Ubuntu as there are many past Ubuntu users.
- Running smooth and fast with minimal hardware configurations.
- As Debian is pretty similar to Ubuntu, saves lot of learning times for employees.
- Many tools which need to be bought in other OSes, are free to use here.
- With very few crashes of its operating system, it certainly improves reliability.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu Linux and Fedora Linux
When compared to others, Debian runs smoother and faster and has great support for feature set with it. Even installing other supporting tools or IDEs for development work is pretty easier. With few simple commands and a good internet connection all the debian packages from the Internet can be easily fetched and installed on you systems.
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