Debian turns 23
Debian is my favourite OS[0]. I've been using it full time for years: I use it on my desktop and laptop (Debian testing), and servers (Debian stable). I've installed it with big success on parents and siblings computers, and the extended family's computers.Debian takes freedom seriously[1]It's getting better with age:- Since Sarge (2005) there's been release every ~2 years- Debian LTS allows you to run Debian securely for 5 years (with caveats)Things I agree with, that may be somewhat controversial:- Debian takes packaging software seriously (it splits the application and development files)- Debian follows the FHS (e.g. config goes in /etc, data goes in /var/lib, etc)- Debian stable is stable. Apart from security patches, it really doesn't change.Other great things:- Debian is a great base to build on (see the many derivatives[2])Cool things to come:- Reproducible builds[3][1] https://www.debian.org/social_contract[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian#Derivatives[3] https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds[0] I think Debian is one of the few Linux distros that can truly call itself an OS, as opposed to just a "distro"