I’m planning to put Debian-based operating system onto my Surface Laptop Gen 1, following the guide (linux-surface). Any good Debian-based Linux recommendations? For now I’m considering AntiX (lightweight debian) and normal Debian.
P.S. I’ve installed pure Debian, as everyone suggests. Thanks for advice!
I just use Debian and it’s fine. I don’t understand the point of using “Debian-based” instead of just plain Debian. Maybe I’m missing something but we have some Ubuntu machines at work and it’s hard to tell much difference.
Idk I thought something niche is better fun
Ur already a Linux user, being niche is kinda of our character
That would be Guix, I think. Debian is pretty traditional.
Hmm… I wonder if Guix is ok to use with Surface
Which features are you looking for beyond what can be done on Debian?
Lightweight and maybe has some “cool features”
Debian is the lightest derivative of Debian
The installer outright gives you the option out of many different desktop environments and use cases and if you don’t like to install a desktop you can install base system debian that’s literally just a terminal environment and nothing else
Maybe Debian with a wm? I like cwm, but there are many to choose from. You can add pretty much any cool feature on top.
Debian.
If you want to try something different, maybe LMDE.
How lightweight do you really need to go? I have a Lenovo “barely worth calling a chromebook” with 4GB/64GB/2 core N4000. It’s fine with Gnome on Bookworm.
Just use debian
Go with Linux Mint, but the Edge edition. This will have the best chances to support your hardware, because it uses a newer kernel.
My Son, SpiralLinux, is the neatest lil package of Debian you could ever want. It comes with all the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi drivers I need and it actually has an installer (Calamari’s I think?) that’s efficient and easy to understand.
Other than that-…. Uuuuhhhhh have you tried Hanna Montana OS?
Hannah Montana Linux – a live Linux distribution based on Kubuntu with a Hannah Montana theme. It has been created to “attract young users to Linux”.
Thanks that’s attractive
Debian
Can confirm. I use Debian on a laptop and it’s great.
If you want something Debian-but-not-Ubuntu-based, give LMDE a try.
i tend to go with debian.
Debian Testing. My daily driver since… a long time :)
What about something novel, like installing actual Debian?
Will work fine indeed. Only I always have some issues getting the touchscreen working seamlessly. Is there a window manager on Debian who does it well?
I don’t have a touchscreen, so I have no lived experience, but this should get you started at least:
I’ve used both KDE Plasma and GNOME on my Laptop with a touch screen and both worked well. GNOME is better with touch screens in general but that’s just because of the gestures and GTK apps working better with touch screens (e.g. you can always scroll by swiping up or down, not sure if that’s the same in QT apps).
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Why don’t you give PopOS a try, it is quite user friendly Ubuntu/Debian based
Up! Depending on what you are looking for also VanillaOS could be an interesting option
Yes, this OS looks interesting and beginner friendly
Check out projectbluefin.io, the developer experience has lots of goodies built in.
It’s a immutable/atomic fedora silverblue spin based on cloud native principles.
I agree with you but I assume they want Debian for a reason.
distrobox enter debian-toolbox:)
