Debian Testing is a great way to try out Debian and provide feedback to the project. But it's not a rolling release Linux distro. Although some successfully use it like one. In today's video, I'll ...
  • bubbalouie@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Packages in testing get updated at the times that they can and sometimes this messes with other packages. For example I had pithos installed this morning, in trixie. An upgrade removed a dependency so it had to go. In another day or 3 I will be able to install pithos again, no doubt. Running testing when release is within 9 months since sarge and this is the only issue I have seen. Since it resolves itself, I never saw it as a problem.

    • StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      I don’t daily drive either distro these days but I’ve always found Arch to be more stable than Debian testing. I also just really don’t like apt. I think its pathetic to not have parallel downloads in 2025.