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Debian Pros review quotes

reviewer2774055 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 30, 2025
Debian is the most straightforward and compatible option, which greatly simplifies our engineers' tasks.
reviewer2774178 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 31, 2025
Debian offers the best features in that it is open source, simple, and battle-tested, with a good release cycle.
Sabry Tarek - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 31, 2025
Debian's stability helps me in my daily work because my work relies on stability; I'm trying to deploy production workloads, and Debian offers that stability for me.
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reviewer2774466 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 3, 2025
The best features Debian offers are its low weight, lightweight architecture, and faster response to services.
 

Debian Cons review quotes

reviewer2774055 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 30, 2025
I wish the company responsible for Debian would send communications about updates and new features to keep people informed and to give Debian the recognition and praise that it deserves.
reviewer2774178 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 31, 2025
It seems there should be a more deterministic way to do that. It does seem that you are running a lot of random install scripts to install things or relying on another two or three package management services, so there could be better software installation methods.
Sabry Tarek - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 31, 2025
I believe Debian can be improved by adding more containerization features out of the box, and it should make some updates when it comes to the UI.
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reviewer2774466 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 3, 2025
I cannot say that I have seen a return on investment with Debian because I am a DevOps engineer, and it is my job to do this.