For anyone new to Debian: it's a Linux-based operating system distribution, available at various levels of support for multiple computer architectures:
https://wiki.debian.org/SupportedArchitectures
Debian includes an extensive set of packages -- including communication and office tools -- that can be installed at the command-line or by using a desktop UI. This includes dependency management, so that installing (or removing) a package will also pull in (or can clear out) required and related packages.
https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
The Debian distribution does not include any telemetry or tracking (although some packages within it may do), and it has a social contract to remain 100% free and to provide source code for almost all components (some non-free packages are available in cases where the authors are not willing or able to provide them openly):
https://www.debian.org/social_contract
I've probably misrepresented a few details there, but I think it's a marvel of the modern technical world, up there with the Internet Archive, and the Linux kernel.
That's not to say it's perfect - but the nice thing is that anyone can improve it at no financial cost (and in return, they get to experience that many people benefit from reduced costs - time, frictional, and economic).
https://wiki.debian.org/SupportedArchitectures
Debian includes an extensive set of packages -- including communication and office tools -- that can be installed at the command-line or by using a desktop UI. This includes dependency management, so that installing (or removing) a package will also pull in (or can clear out) required and related packages.
https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
The Debian distribution does not include any telemetry or tracking (although some packages within it may do), and it has a social contract to remain 100% free and to provide source code for almost all components (some non-free packages are available in cases where the authors are not willing or able to provide them openly):
https://www.debian.org/social_contract
I've probably misrepresented a few details there, but I think it's a marvel of the modern technical world, up there with the Internet Archive, and the Linux kernel.
That's not to say it's perfect - but the nice thing is that anyone can improve it at no financial cost (and in return, they get to experience that many people benefit from reduced costs - time, frictional, and economic).