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I've settled on Debian testing. I'm pretty lazy keeping my system up to date, and for me Debian's been good at not breaking everything when I finally do an upgrade. I've tried Ubuntu a few times in the past, but for my tastes the default installation has been a bit bloated, plus I've been left with a broken installation after a dist-upgrade more than once. Arch didn't really work for me either.
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I've tried Ubuntu a few times in the past, but for my tastes the default installation has been a bit bloated
Had a quick play with both Ubuntu and Debian live USBs and got the same feeling about Ubuntu being bloated. Debian seemed a little cleaner.
I think I'll settle for Debian Jessie when I get some free time to make the switch.
Dom
Over recent months, my 18 month Arch install has got a little messy on my primary machine (used for both personal stuff and for work). I plan to nuke and pave sometime soon but fancy taking the opportunity to make my life a little easier by switching to something stable which just works without the constant tinkering.
I'm leaning toward Ubuntu/Debian with XFCE. Anyone got any thoughts and/or suggestions? What are people using for "Linux on the Desktop" these days?