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The Debian project is proud to release Debian 13 "Trixie", a major update that brings new features, updated components, and numerous other improvements (www.debian.org)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Switching from Microsoft Windows to Linux is one of the best decision I ever made.

Thank you to the thousands of Debian volunteers. You are amazing people ❤️

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[–] dan@upvote.au 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

That's how much space the whole of Debian takes up. Every package for every supported architecture. Not sure if it includes the space taken by the installation ISOs too.

A bare minimum installation of Debian (meaning just command-line with a minimal number of programs) is probably around 1GB or so? They recommend at least 4GB space for a server install and 10GB for a desktop.

[–] morto@piefed.social 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I find it a surprisingly low value. I can store all the current debian packages in my storage media at home, that's crazy! FOSS really tends to be lean and efficient.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

How do you mean low value? I definitely see value in being able to have every package available offline in certain settings.

Maybe you got a cabin with a sick (single player) gaming setup but no internet (I dunno I’m spitballin’) and you want to do some updates.

Pack up a drive with everything possible and make it happen!

[–] Kirca@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I think they meant low value as in low number, said in a positive way (16gb being a lower number than expected rather than a comment on the quality of it) at least that's how I read it

[–] morto@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

I mean low value as in a low number. Sorry for the confusion.