The original post: /r/debian by /u/AveryFreeman on 2025-01-31 02:26:21.
Hi all, new to subred, haven’t really run Debian on anything but servers, but I’m trying testing with desktop packages on a laptop that’s less than 1 year old called the: Lenovo IdeaPad Ultra7 155h with what is apparently called Xe graphics 🧐 which I believe is the successor chipset to i915, is that correct? 🤔
Huge caveat to my question (and I hope this doesn’t annoy the shit out of everyone): I am running testing, even though it’s not released yet. Several reasons I decided to, feel free to ask me why if interested (while naming a stable DE!), but don’t want to rant about reasons for running testing if nobody cares… besides the obvious reason that the laptop is ~new, and Bookworm is growing fuzz in the ear canal…
So, I’ve got to ask the question of the old 'heads at the Debian watercooler who’ve survived release transitions a time or two, or chronically run sid or testing for whatever reason on their daily driver (other than being awesome like me, obviously):
If you were going to run testing, and you knew it was going to be buggy (real buggy), but you wanted a DE/WM that would survive while running it well enough to be able to still use the machine (gotta submit bug reports!) … what DE or WM would you choose?
Additionally, what if you (I) didn’t want to have to write bug reports related to the DE/WM at all, if possible, and don’t really gaf about/want to need to configure much (will accept: decent config once, pull many, aka yadm/plethora of others, etc.)
If you feel like answering along those lines, even if it’s not the DE/WM you would choose, would love hearing about those things, too…
I didn’t want to come on and rant about a bunch of problems I’m having with any specificity. This is Reddit, after all… lemme know your opinions. Thanks :D
BTW: Short description output of my hardware:
inxi -b System: Host: purplehippo Kernel: 6.12.10-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: GNOME v: 47.3 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid Machine: Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 83D8 v: Lenovo Slim 7 14IMH9 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0T76461 WIN serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: NPCN28WW date: 04/03/2024 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 65.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 65.3/65.0 Wh (100.4%) CPU: Info: 16-core (6-mt/10-st) Intel Core Ultra 7 155H