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I like both, but usually prefer Ubuntu (slrpnk.net)
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[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago

It's impossible to have a fully free system?

https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html

But more to your point, it's a false dichotomy. Even before the latest changes to the Debian install media, for years it was maybe unintuitive but still easy enough to just choose the "nonfree" install iso. That one would automatically include all the proprietary bits that are necessary for a fully functional Linux system.

But now those nonfree parts are in the Debian install by default, so there really is just nothing that you get from Ubuntu that can't just as easily work in Debian - especially since everyone is moving toward flatpaks, and appimages anyway.