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

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Martin Jablečník

Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Manjaro or Fedora are great for this scenario.
Debian is more for servers
And Arch linux is for experienced users so it is good only if you are some experienced Linux user..

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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..