Hello! I’m thinking about switching from my beloved fedora to a rolling release distro, because it really intrigues me, but I’m a bit scared of Arch, it’s still too soon for me to go down this rabbit hole XD
what do you think about debian testing? It’s not a “true” rolling release as long as I understand, but it “practically” behaves like one, correct? On the system informations I still see Debian 12, what will happen when Debian 13 stable will be released?

sorry if these are silly questions and thanks to all in advance!

  • Ashley
    13•1 year ago

    I use it on a couple devices. It’s more stable than arch and certainly easier to use. It can sometimes be a bit finicky with third party repos. However Debian testing isn’t guaranteed to be stable, so things may break on your system. That being said I really haven’t had many problems.

    There are a couple weeks/months before a new version is released where testing stops getting feature updates, as the packages are frozen.

    • tubbaduOP
      2•1 year ago

      thanks for the answer!

      There are a couple weeks/months before a new version is released where testing stops getting feature updates, as the packages are frozen.

      and do I need to do something, or I can just do nothing at all? will it still think to be Debian 12 or will it automatically switch to 13?

      • Ashley
        2•1 year ago

        It should automatically switch to the next version, as the “testing” keyword gets passed down between versions. I’m not sure though