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Re:Google ditches Ubuntu for Debian for internal engineering... by b3lvedere on Thursday January 18, 2018 @03:06AM (#16175474)
I've tried Manjaro long ago, but these days i really like Debian. Never liked Ubuntu that much. I think Debian is really fast, small and easy to setup, but that's totally my perspective. I'm just a novice and still have to google lots of stuff. :)

What does Manjaro offer better than Debian if i may ask?

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Re:Google ditches Ubuntu for Debian for internal engineering... by yulapshun on Thursday January 18, 2018 @04:12AM (#16175729)
It's based on Arch so packages will always kept up to date. I don't know about Debian, but the system will break every time I try to run do-release-upgrade on Ubuntu.

I've been using Manjaro for over a year now, never had any problem.

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Re:Google ditches Ubuntu for Debian for internal engineering... by bildung on Thursday January 18, 2018 @04:54AM (#16175907)
Pretty sure thats Ubuntu specific. I have machines here that run the "same" Debian installation for 10 years, doing dist-upgrades every few years and switching the disks (or the whole machine) underneath.

Its one of the things I love Debian for.

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Re:Google ditches Ubuntu for Debian for internal engineering... by mikedelfino on Thursday January 18, 2018 @04:58AM (#16175923)
Debian Sid would be the equivalent to a rolling distro, as far as updated packages go. I find it pretty stable for desktop use.
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