Xebian is the Marie Kondo of Linux distros – it's here to declutter
There are legions of Ubuntu and Debian remixes out there, but most try to add stuff to the basic distro. Xebian is a refreshing change because it's simpler than its progenitor.
Xebian is a simple Debian-based distro with the Xfce desktop. It's easy to install, and has a pleasing, fairly minimal desktop layout, very much like that of Xubuntu – which is doubtless because one of the developers behind it, known only as Unit 193, used to be part of the Xubuntu team.
The distro is based on Debian's "unstable" branch, codenamed Sid, which means you get more current components than Debian's standard stable releases. For instance, it comes with the latest Firefox version 116 and kernel 6.4. The project released new installation images at the start of this month – both for x86-64 and x86-32, which is unusual in 2023 – so we thought we'd take a look.