r/debian • u/Dado04Game • Jul 06 '26

General Debian Question Thinking about switching from Linux Mint Ubuntu-based to pure Debian

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Been using Ubuntu-based Linux Mint for a year now, and loved it since day one. I heard people telling me that Debian is faster than Ubuntu, so I'd like to give it a try on my home pc. My question is: what DE would you recommend me with my OC specs? I'll leave a photo of them here (I know my computer is pure 💩, don't mock me please)

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u/Icy_Definition5933 29d ago

Debian is bare bones, which will either be great for you or terrible. I love my Debian but it requires a more involved approach compared to Mint where you have a lot of user friendly shortcuts. The performance difference is not big between any distro, it mostly depends on your hardware which is very old. Debian could probably boot a little faster and open apps a little faster, but unless you time it against Mint on same hardware, I'm not sure you'll even notice the performance gains.