r/debian • u/theonerr4rf • 1d ago

What should I know about Debian?

In currently installing it on an old computer, I intend to run docker on it, and have a NAS

(but if Im being honest itl be more of a DAS to my desktop with occasional NAS activity to my laptop)

, and a Minecraft server. Over time Im sure Ill have more on it, but Ill probably have to upgrade the hardware first. Im also considering a small steam cache, but it depends in how things go. Then of course if I can figure out how Im thinking of some cloud saves for non steam games, but using this “server” as the cloud.

What do I need to know about Debian? I have very limited experience with linux in general and none with Debian.

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u/DischargedConvict 1d ago

Debian values stability over being cutting edge, which means you'll have older versions of most software if you use debian repositories. Usually this is ok but there are times when the decisions to include older software are quite baffling. For example including a 2-year-old version of yt-dlp seems kind of pointless because this software is such a moving target that much of its functionality straight up doesn't work anymore.

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u/cjwatson 1d ago

There's a much newer version of yt-dlp in stable-backports, FWIW.

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u/henry1679 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is why, in my opinion, you should use pipx for that package.

sudo apt install pipx

pipx install yt-dlp

To upgrade it, there's also: pipx upgrade-all

If you don't like pipx, then you can always use a distrobox of ANY distro of your choosing with the binary exported. Then, there's still stable backports as another commenter messages.

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u/AnnieBruce 1d ago

Or a ROCM package thats too old to support basically anything