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From Arch to Debian with LinuxRenaissance
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- Oct 24, 2025
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Summary
I've been thinking about Linux lately, a lot. But I'm still not sure which distro to go with, everyone keeps saying arch, but my brain, wisdom and soul say Debian. So when I find someone else that went down this path, I want to learn and hear more about it. We'll also touch on many other topics Link to the video: https://youtu.be/0CEYNvEdsag What's the best way to support me? https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough Timeline: 00:00:00 - Highlights 00:02:14 - Why the red hat, is it redhat related? 00:05:10 - youtube channel 00:08:00 - Thoughts on the Red Hat distro 00:12:17 - What is Matrix, is it IRC, Element app, discord 00:16:56 - So Matrix is more about ownership and censorship? 00:19:40 - Thanks for the superchat @tony-btw 00:20:20 - Should we use forums? 00:21:55 - Darth's matrix server 00:25:27 - What are matrix encrypted channels? 00:27:37 - amiga, Commodore 64 00:28:56 - How terminals worked in the past with serial cables 00:30:58 - Debian 1.3 00:33:59 - Darth is 44, terminal showdown 00:36:23 - Unix finger command 00:37:35 - Education background and current profession 00:39:20 - Rocky Linux, RHEL, Red Hat killing CentOS 00:45:32 - Using macOS the way Apple has envisioned it 00:48:43 - Hyprland more like "Hype" rland? 00:51:14 - macOS yabai window manager demo 00:53:43 - Thoughts on Hyprland 00:55:10 - What is X11, xorg, wayland? 00:58:12 - From Debian to Arch, then back to Debian 00:58:44 - KDE plasma, wayland mode 01:00:38 - using X11 as a networking protocol, similar to tmux 01:03:19 - waypipe 01:04:55 - Thoughts on tmux 01:06:49 - Why the switch from Arch back to Debian? 01:12:41 - What's the AUR? People can upload malware to it? 01:15:56 - So if not using the AUR, why to use arch? 01:17:05 - Dependency hell…