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Discussion on: Arch or Debian, which would be better for programming?

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brandon_wallace • Edited

Debian is a great desktop operating system and it is great for servers as well. Debian has a very flexible installer. You can even create a router using Debian. I know because I have set up Debian on the desktops, laptops, servers, and as a router.

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Martin Jablečník • Edited

With Ubuntu you can make same things as with Debian. And I also tried Debian as Desktop OS but now I prefere Linux Mint or Ubuntu for desktop because Ubuntu have mostly newer versions of packages in repositories then Debian due to stability.
So I am using Debian only for servers right now..