Forgive me if this sounds a bit rude or annoying, but I didn't expect a stable branch of well known rock-solid Debian to have hiccups during an update. Especially system-breaking problems. (The recent kernel panic with 6.1.0-18 and nvidia dkms, for example).
I came from Arch linux which have numerous amounts of system breakages or other annoyances whereby even after updating in the morning, I find more updates are available in the evening, and I was tired of fixing them all the time.
I was surprised to see Debian stable has this problem too, which I didn't expect, since I thought it has extensive testing before an update is released.
That said, Debian has come a long way, and Bookworm's opening up to "non-free" firmware in its default release package really makes transition to it easier and also makes it easier for newcomers to install and start using immediately without any adjustments. I always admired the stability before but last time the omission of non-free firmware and the workaround requires extra steps, or need to download the ISO with non-free firmware included, made installing a bit cumbersome. But now, the Bookworm release is very straight forward and its ease of installation is as easy as installing Linux Mint.
And I have changed my OS to Debian Bookworm in all of my desktops and laptops. It... just... works. I find it even better than Arch when it comes to gaming. Update process and installing apt packages are very fast!
And for the above kernel panic, our Debian support members are very helpful in pointing out the solution and quick to get the problem solved.
Coming back to the topic, is kernel panic problems like this after an update is common in Debian Stable?
And thank you for a very supportive, wonderful Debian forum community.
I came from Arch linux which have numerous amounts of system breakages or other annoyances whereby even after updating in the morning, I find more updates are available in the evening, and I was tired of fixing them all the time.
I was surprised to see Debian stable has this problem too, which I didn't expect, since I thought it has extensive testing before an update is released.
That said, Debian has come a long way, and Bookworm's opening up to "non-free" firmware in its default release package really makes transition to it easier and also makes it easier for newcomers to install and start using immediately without any adjustments. I always admired the stability before but last time the omission of non-free firmware and the workaround requires extra steps, or need to download the ISO with non-free firmware included, made installing a bit cumbersome. But now, the Bookworm release is very straight forward and its ease of installation is as easy as installing Linux Mint.
And I have changed my OS to Debian Bookworm in all of my desktops and laptops. It... just... works. I find it even better than Arch when it comes to gaming. Update process and installing apt packages are very fast!
And for the above kernel panic, our Debian support members are very helpful in pointing out the solution and quick to get the problem solved.
Coming back to the topic, is kernel panic problems like this after an update is common in Debian Stable?
And thank you for a very supportive, wonderful Debian forum community.
Statistics: Posted by M22 — 2024-02-16 02:05 — Replies 1 — Views 66