Returned to Debian (stable) because NixOS updates are getting increasingly heavy, so that my ageing Asus N53J laptop can no longer handle them comfortably (latest update locked up my computer for at least an hour). I'm using a simple bash shell script to have somewhat declarative installs. I have considered to return …

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The Propellor configuration management system uses Haskell and Git. Each system has a list of properties, which Propellor ensures are satisfied. Linux and FreeBSD are supported. Debian I use Propellor to manage my Debian installation (it replaced my NixOS installation — which I reconsidered because of this: abdication …

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Where stable actually means stable! – Debian (by Software in the Public Interest). Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 51000 packages, precompiled …

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