Debian Reviews

As a DevOps engineer, my main use case for Debian is that it is my daily driver.

I use Debian in my daily work most of the time for tasks such as installing daemons and servers like Nginx, hosting databases, and creating other workloads.

In addition to my main use case for Debian, I also perform system hardening.

The best features Debian offers are stability and the documentation.

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. In addition to the documentation, I can find any part under Debian documentation versus other Linux distros, so it gives me comfort to go through all options.

Debian has positively impacted my organization because it is one of the oldest Linux or GNU/Linux distros, which I believe has the biggest community compared to other Linux distros, so we have a lot of brains.

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.

In addition to the needed improvements, I think if Debian had a memory-based distribution, similar to Alpine, that would be great, as we could get benefits in terms of memory or embedded systems.

I think Debian needs improvements, especially with GCP, in terms of cloud deployment and integration.

I have been working in my current field for more than nine years.

Debian is stable.

Scalability is good since Debian is totally open source.

Customer support is good.

Neutral

Before switching to Debian, I used Red Hat-based distributions because I am a Red Hat Certified System Administrator and Red Hat Certified System Engineer, and some projects required technical support and licensing for security concerns.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is quite favorable; since Debian is totally free, it is one of my first options.

I have purchased Debian a lot of times through the AWS marketplace before.

I have seen a return on investment; specifically, the cost is around zero because there is no need for a license, and since my whole team uses Debian, we are fine with the number of employees needed.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is quite favorable; since Debian is totally free, it is one of my first options.

Before choosing Debian, I evaluated other options such as Ubuntu and Red Hat-based distributions.

My advice for others looking into using Debian is to read the documentation and take advantage of the big community to ask questions.

Currently, my company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer, but we are looking for this.

I gave this product a rating of nine out of ten.

Public Cloud

My main use case for Debian is as an everyday workhorse, and I provide Debian to some customers for embedded and non-embedded hardware.

For my work and for my customers, I use Debian to cross-build for some other ARM devices that are used for Gilbarco, which are used in many US gas stations to provide fuel to cars. I bought some QEMU to allow developers to run the ARM on computers. I installed Debian on every i.MX8 device, and I think there are thousands in the US market, plus some other thousands worldwide.

Regarding my use case and interesting projects, I recently used Debian for Amazon and then for some other GitHub actions, still as a QEMU.

The best features Debian offers are that it is fast, simple, and long-term supported.

That long-term support has helped me and my customers by being stable and running well. Debian has positively impacted my organization and my customers.

To improve Debian, the frozen, stable versions need to be more updated, and probably rolling updates like Fedora is doing would be a good idea.

Regarding needed improvements, I think sudo and the way sudo is configured, with visudo required, would help many newcomers to Debian because the learning curve on the configuration might have some challenges in the way it is done.

I have been using Debian for twenty years.

That long-term support has helped me and my customers by being stable and running well.

About the features of Debian, of course, it is a slow distribution like many others. The setup is fast and efficient, but it is not doing much. I am an embedded developer and a Linux developer, so I am happy with that. I can customize more, but then the hardware support and the packages are old. However, I am looking for stability, so old probably means stable, but it is not for every user.

My advice to others looking into using Debian is to not step out from the initial configuration. It might be hard, but you will learn something, and then everything will work.

I think that sometimes while I am speaking, you say thanks because you think I have ended my speech or my phrase, and then it is not so smooth. I would rate this review as providing comprehensive feedback on my experience with Debian.

On-premises

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

I have been using Debian for a while now. My main use case for Debian is running PostgreSQL and related infrastructure. A specific example of an application I'm running on Debian is PostgreSQL.

In my opinion, the best features Debian offers are its customizability. I can adjust the configurations to meet my specific needs.

Debian has positively impacted my organization by bringing strong security and consistent compliance awareness.

In terms of improvements, I think Debian is fine as it is. I'm not an expert, so for me, it is acceptable.

I have been using Debian for a while now.

In my experience, Debian is stable. The stability rating for Debian is approximately eight.

Debian's scalability for my organization is good. It scales well with my needs, and it is more reliable.

Customer support for Debian has been acceptable. We approached the Azure Debian support, and while it seems adequate, they need to improve somewhat.

Negative

We have not used a different solution before Debian.

I purchased Debian through the Azure Marketplace. My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing seems acceptable. We have also used Ubuntu as well. Comparing to Ubuntu, Debian is cheaper.

For the metrics, I am not certain, but I know that money has been saved. We are using a saving plan on it.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing seems acceptable. We have also used Ubuntu. Comparing to Ubuntu, Debian is cheaper.

Before choosing Debian, I evaluated Ubuntu.

My advice for others looking into using Debian is that it needs to be widely used in organizations. I think a marketing strategy needs to be improved for Debian so that it can be widely used and penetrate the market. I would rate this review an eight overall.

Public Cloud

Microsoft Azure

My main use case for Debian is for websites hosting. I use Debian for some NGINX and Apache websites, for example, websites with static pages or some other customers with e-commerce content.

The best features Debian offers are its low weight, lightweight architecture, and faster response to services. Debian's lightweight architecture and faster response help me in my day-to-day work by allowing me to host websites and achieve faster response times, which keeps my customers happy. Debian has kept my workflow secure by maintaining system stability with day-to-day or monthly updates with security patches, securing the system from external attacks. I am satisfied that there are regular updates and security updates that keep the system stable.

I believe security improvements should continue, and I think Debian is in good shape as it is. Debian was easy to set up.

I have been working in my current field for four plus years.

Debian is stable.

Debian's scalability for my needs is excellent. As the growth of our infrastructure is required, we can host many Debian servers. For our organization, as we are a service provider, we are using this on our public clouds for different customers, and it handles this very well.

I have not needed customer support for Debian. I never had to contact the Debian help center, and whenever I had a query, I used Google to search for it and found very helpful information from public platforms.

Neutral

I have not used a different solution before Debian. I have been using Debian for a long time and have not used any alternate solution yet.

I found this interview very well AI-controlled. I appreciate it and think the use of AI is done very well.

Before choosing Debian, I evaluated no other options. I have been using Debian only because it was part of my KT sessions during training in my initial onboarding, and then I continued my journey with Debian without experiencing different tools.

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.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is much better than Microsoft Windows, so I really appreciate the pricing model.

My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. We are a service provider company, so we work for different companies to provide them with IT infrastructure-related services. I believe Debian is clear and has been well covered. I have given this review a rating of 9.

Public Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

I use Debian for programming, maintaining my website, and learning Linux scripting. I also encourage my friends to use open-source operating systems such as Debian, Ubuntu, or any other Linux variant.

I am using Debian on my personal computer and also on my friend's computer. I am not using Debian at work.

I use Debian for all purposes and all of my computer activities, not for any specific feature or particular use case.

Debian's best features are that it is very light and very comfortable for even older computers.

Regarding speed, Debian feels light and comfortable to me, and it has significant community support. If anyone encounters a problem in Debian, they can connect to the Debian community and receive help very quickly. This is the main reason I use Debian, and I love using the terminal.

Since using Debian, I have noticed that whatever I need for my work is already available in Debian. The Debian community is very active, and if any new feature or concern comes up, as soon as they update Debian mirrors or the apt repository, I can install and use it.

Debian should have a reset feature; if something goes wrong, such as when I have installed or modified any root file, there should be a reset feature to restore my initial default settings. Additionally, I think Debian should allow for the removal of all dependencies when a particular requirement is not useful, as sometimes we install many things without knowing what they are.

I have been using Debian for almost twelve years.

Debian is stable for my needs.

It is very easy to scale Debian up or down if needed.

When I have needed help with Debian, I received very quick support from the community.

Positive

I used Linux before Debian, and I was using Ubuntu prior to that, with Windows preceding those.

There is nothing as such for return on investment, but I do not need a new computer to run Debian or a highly configurable computer. I can run Debian on my old computer as well, which is very useful for saving money.

I considered Ubuntu before choosing Debian.

Since I support using open-source applications, my advice to others looking into using Debian is to embrace the freedom to use everything without limitations. I encourage people to use open-source applications and operating systems such as Debian and any Linux variant, so that what they are using remains open-source and useful to all.

Debian is doing a great job, and they should keep it up. Thank you.

I should note that since I mentioned I am using Debian on my personal computer, there were many questions regarding my workplace or my organization, so the questions should be classified based on earlier questions. I would rate this review an eight out of ten.

On-premises

My main use case for Debian is that a lot of my infrastructure resources are running on Debian, and many in-house tools are hosted on Debian servers.

A specific example of how I am using Debian in my infrastructure is that we are running our application servers, we have a Postgres database hosted on Debian, and we have some customized monitoring tools hosted on Debian.

In addition to my main use case, I was using Debian for ETL jobs.

The best features Debian offers include very good support and a huge library with support for various packages we can install to customize our workloads.

Compared to CentOS, we are using Debian for many things; what we can achieve with Red Hat and CentOS, we can achieve on Debian itself, so I have been using Debian for a while.

Debian has positively impacted my organization in that most of our applications are running on Debian.

I do not have a specific answer for how Debian can be improved. Nothing stands out to me regarding the needed improvements at this time.

I have been using Debian for seven years.

Debian is pretty stable.

Debian's scalability is good.

If I had to rate the customer support on a scale of one to ten, I would give it a ten.

Positive

Before Debian, we used Red Hat as a different solution.

I have definitely seen a return on investment as it has reduced our cost.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that, compared to the other Linux operating systems, Debian will be affordable.

I did not evaluate other options before choosing Debian.

When it comes to specific outcomes or metrics, I would stick with improved performance and reduced downtime.

My advice to others looking into using Debian is to prioritize stability. I would rate this review a nine overall.

Hybrid Cloud

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