r/debian is a subreddit with 146k members. The community frequently discusses debian, linux, looking for, looking, and installation, and they frequently recommend/review desktop environment, pdf editor, and tiling window manager, and the most common flair used is general debian question, debian stable question, community, news, and debian testing question.
Subreddit to discuss all the Debian things, the Universal Operating System
Popular Topics in r/debian
#1
Debian
365 posts
#2
Linux
60 posts
#3
Looking For
46 posts
#4
Looking
46 posts
#5
Installation
45 posts
#6
Struggling
25 posts
#7
Nvidia
20 posts
#8
Kde
19 posts
#9
Help
18 posts
#10
Annoying
13 posts
Products Discussed in r/debian
Desktop Environment
54 reviews
#1
KDE Desktop Environment
4.3★ from 4 reviews
#2
XFCE Desktop Environment
4.8★ from 4 reviews
#3
LXQt
3.7★ from 3 reviews
Pdf Editor
31 reviews
#1
KDE
4.0★ from 6 reviews
#2
Master PDF Editor
4.0★ from 4 reviews
#3
Qoppa
5.0★ from 3 reviews
Tiling Window Manager
31 reviews
#1
i3
4.2★ from 10 reviews
#2
Sway
4.2★ from 5 reviews
#3
Hyprland
3.5★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/debian
#1
General Debian Question
: "Fisher Price: My first Linux install: 2009 laptop, what do I choose?"
35 posts
#2
Debian Stable Question
: "New to Debian – loving it so far!"
31 posts
#3
Community
: "My Windows 11 wallpapers at work."
20 posts
#4
News
: "California's Assembly voted 68 to 1 to exempt debian and other open source Linux distros from its age verification law, then extended age-gating to browsers and websites in the same bill"
8 posts
#5
Debian Testing Question
: "Is Debian Testing equal to Fedora with updates?"
1 post
#6
Debian Sid Question
: "[unstable] qbittorrent-nox maxing out a single cpu core"
1 post
Member Growth in r/debian
Yearly
+28k members(24.3%)
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Last updated: June 23, 2026