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Old 17th February 2009
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Originally Posted by ephemera View Post
Is anyone still excited about Debian?
Yes, me!

It's still my favourite OS - it's stable, the packages are new enough for my demands and up to now I haven't found a package management system that deals better with my needs than Apt (which of course might be different for different users).

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Originally Posted by ephemera View Post
The software is usually hopelessly out of date especially near the end of a release cycle.
But it looks like Debian has made some progress in the last few years by packaging more recent kernels and newer versions of the bundled software.
Please keep in mind: Debian -stable is not ment to be cutting edge, it is ment to be - stable.
If the applications are to old for your needs, you can give -testing or even -sid a try (the two other Debian "flavours"). I have run -sid for several years on my desktop. And if one is a little bit cautious, it will (almost) work without problems.
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