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Originally Posted by ephemera
Is anyone still excited about Debian?
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Yes, me
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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
The software is usually hopelessly out of date especially near the end of a release cycle.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.
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Please keep in mind: Debian -stable is not ment to be cutting edge, it is ment to be - stable
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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.