More than five years ago, I made the switch from Windows to Linux, and since then, I’ve explored and used four different Linux distributions for at least some months. My first stop was Linux Mint, which provided a fantastic experience and served as the perfect bridge between Windows and the Linux world. I stuck with Mint for 13 months.

After that, I moved on to Ubuntu. I had dabbled with Ubuntu since its launch in 2004, but this time, I committed to using it full-time for 14 months, experimenting with both the flagship GNOME version and Ubuntu MATE.

However, I soon found myself wanting something a bit more robust, so I switched to Debian, the foundation upon which both Mint and Ubuntu are built.

Before going full Debian, I spent five months using Devuan, which is essentially vanilla Debian without systemd, the standard system and service manager. For the past 30 months, I’ve been running Debian itself, and it’s been rock-solid and incredibly stable. At this point, I’m not looking for any new adventures.

Debian may be "boring" in the sense that it just works—but that’s exactly what I need right now.

My Linux distros past 62 months.