Hello, Aaron Thomas.
On 03.01.21 00:35 you wrote:

 be>> I use Debian and Gentoo. Looking forward to meaningful  
 be>> discussion.
 AT> I've heard that Debian is more "stable" than Ubuntu, but what is  
 AT> meant by that? I haven't had any issues with Ubuntu crashing, and  
 AT> I've used what feels like a ton of software with it.

The first thing I'm thinking of when I hear about stable Debian vs unstable
Ubuntu is that I always had problems when I tried to upgrade Ubuntu version.
Actually it just won't update and it crashed, so I had to reinstall Ubuntu
(just like Windows).

In Debian, dist-upgrade works just fine. So far, I use sid for a year and feel
it like more stable than Ubuntu.
 
 AT> I'm interested in Debian because I'm assuming it's lighter and  
 AT> faster than Ubuntu, but I'm reluctant because I'm concerned about  
 AT> compatibility when I move files from an Ubuntu machine to a Debian 
 AT> one. Should that be a concern?

Well, Debian is definitely lighter, because it doesn't have extras implemented
by Canonical in Ubuntu by default like snap-crap and so on.

I don't think there should be any file compatibility issues if we are talking
about storage. If both have ext4 you are good to go (maybe, different file
systems are also fine, but I cannot guarantee since I never tested that). I
exchange files regularly between my Debian and Gentoo laptops (both ext4) 
it's more than compatible.
 
 AT> | Ashburn VA | cfbbs.scinet-ftn.org (1:275/99)

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