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  • Hirom@beehaw.orgtoMemes@lemmy.mlLet's update...
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    23 days ago

    Which Debian distribution are you using, stable, testing, unstable?

    I take care of a couple machines for family members. Those have Debian stable with automatic update (unattended-upgrade). I can’t recall the system or packages ever breaking. At most users are a bit confused when an update change the UI a bit.

    Sticking to stable and avoiding third party repos gives a pretty solid system. Only developers or sysadmins might consider Debian testing. Only people working on Debian itself should use unstable.




  • Depending on the context, this may or may not be a false dichotomy.

    If considering the act of voting in an election in a country with a two party system, each with a different shade of neoliberalism, then there are two choices realistically, and picking the lesser evil is a decent moral choice.

    If considering other countries or primaries where there are more than two options polling above 2%, then it’d be a false dichotomy.











  • Hirom@beehaw.orgtoMemes@lemmy.mlAh yes the "enlightened" democracies
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    4 months ago

    Thanks for the context.

    Given Russia submitted the text, and given how european countries voted, I suspect this is mostly about Russia looking for justifications for attacking a neighbour and grabbing land.

    Defending Nazism or showing Nazi symbols is illegal in Germany. Holocaust denial is illegal in several european countries. Yet they abstained.

    They’d probably vote for such a text if it came from another country that doesn’t “undermine genuine attempts to combat neo-Nazism”





  • Somewhat obvious tips to get a more stable experience:

    • Use a distribution that favour stability over being on the bleeding edge. Like Debian stable, or another distribution that maintain LTS releases,
    • Install software from the distribution’s official package repositories. Avoid third party packages and repos as much as possible. If you really need a third party repo, verify it’s compatible with your specific distro and has reputation for being well maintained,
    • When you do see a problem, take time to troubleshoot and if necessary make a bug report with necessary information for developers to identify the problem, so there’s a better chance to see it fixed.
    • If you use Linux in a professional settings, there is paid support available out there, in some cases this get you priority for bug fixes.