How "out of date" is Debian really? (programming.dev)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by JackbyDev@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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I hear that a lot but, how bad is it really? Does it affect you (if you use Debian)? Aren't there ways to install newer versions of most things that actually matter?

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[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 months ago

"To simply work" relies on a specific use case.

A relative of mine used to do music on Linux and often compiled obscure software for music production from Github. Debian and even some Ubuntu derivatives sometimes lacked the required build chain versions.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 9 points 6 months ago

When your use case relies on using some most up to date software, then Debian (stable) obviously is not the distro of choice. But that case is not what I meant with 'simply work', i.e. using the same (major) version of software for several years.

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