Debian 9 offers a stable and secure experience with improved performance and new features.
Debian 9 offers a stable and secure experience with improved performance and new features.
I set up Debian 9 over the weekend and spent two productive days with it. Here are some observations and reasons why I’m considering reverting to Ubuntu 16.04. After checking, I found a few problems: I confirmed my installation USB and attempted an upgrade post-install but still faced issues. I’m relying on Nvidia drivers, which resolved a bug where the system complained about missing CDs during USB setup. The root password isn’t being saved properly, and the user account isn’t added to sudoers. Booting into a liveCD and chrooting was necessary to fix the root password—really frustrating. Gnome felt extremely sluggish, even on an SSD, making basic tasks nearly impossible. While Debian is more user-friendly than other distros in many ways, its lag has become unacceptable. Just recently, Gnome crashed completely, so I’m switching back to Ubuntu. I’ll keep sharing feedback if anyone wants to discuss why Gnome performs so poorly on Debian 9. If you have any ideas on improving it, let me know—I might try again on my old laptop but won’t recommend Debian 9 right now.
Yes, it's true but Canonical does adjust things. On one of Phoronix's January posts, they mentioned Ubuntu beat Debian in some tests but fell short in others; they’re not exactly the same, yet they work together. Ubuntu focuses on refining the user experience and making it more marketable.