For me, it’s mainly due to the global enshittification of the social networks I was using.
Lemmy is my first try with a fediverse network and I have to admit I love it. After only a few days of use my feed is so good that I already deleted Reddit :')
And also, the fact that Lemmy is not controlled by a single authority makes it even more satisfying to use.
Yes ! I don’t get why debian always seems to be forgotten outside of its server use. I have been running it for 2 years now (homelab, laptop and desktop).