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Any good Debian-based OS for a laptop? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by fin@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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!

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[–] yak@feddit.it 40 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If you want Debian, just install Debian.

Maybe if you're into wm setups and you'd like to not have to do everything from scratch you can install Bunsenlabs instead.

It's just plain Debian with preconfigured Openox, that's all.

[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Never heard of Bunsenlabs. It looks good!

[–] yak@feddit.it 3 points 4 months ago

It is :)

There's a very useful and friendly forum at https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/ and it is very easy to replace openbox with any other wm of your choice, as long as you're fine with X11.