r/debian is a subreddit with 158k members. The community frequently discusses debian, looking for, looking, linux, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review desktop environment, pdf editor, and tiling window manager, and the most common flair used is general debian question, community, debian stable question, news, and debian testing question.
Subreddit to discuss all the Debian things, the Universal Operating System
Popular Topics in r/debian
#1
Debian
74 posts
#2
Looking For
42 posts
#3
Looking
42 posts
#4
Linux
37 posts
#5
Struggling
20 posts
#6
Annoying
12 posts
#7
Installing
9 posts
#8
Hard Time
5 posts
#9
Nvidia
3 posts
#10
Installation
3 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
: "I'm so scared"
23 posts
#2
Community
: "First time doing linux"
18 posts
#3
Debian Stable Question
: "Weird white line in the corner of screen - Debian Trixie KDE"
13 posts
#4
News
: "I'm a Debbie now :3"
3 posts
#5
Debian Testing Question
: "I compiled and installed niri wm on debian testing, idle ram usage only 1.2GiB/15.31GiB?"
1 post
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Yearly
+37k members(31.1%)
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Last updated: October 20, 2026