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  • Noob Question Thread: Ask Any Questions About Linux!

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  • Noob question?

    Should I've made a new post instead?

    You do seem confused though... Debian is both a distribution and a packaging system...

    Yes, Debian is a popular distro depending on Debian packages. My concern is about the update policy of the distro

    But the whole reason debian-based distros exist is because some people think they can strike a better balance between newness and stability.

    Debian is pure stability, not the balance between stability and newness. If you mean debian-BASED in particular, trying to introduce more newness with custom repos, I don't think that is a good strategy to get balance. The custom additional repos quickly become too outdated as well. Also, the custom repos can't account for the outdatedness of every single Debian package.

    you seem to be throwing the baby out with the bathwater... the debian packaging system is very robust and is not intrinsically unlikely to be updated.

    Yes, I don't understand/approve the philosophy around the update policy of Debian. It doesn't make sense to me for desktop usage. The technology of the package system however is great and apt is very fast

  • Noob Question Thread: Ask Any Questions About Linux!

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  • Okay, I get that it's annoying when updates break custom configs. But I assume most newbs don't want to make custom dotfiles anyways. For those people, having the newest features would be more beneficial, right?

    Linux Mint is advertised to people who generally aren't willing to customize their system

  • Noob Question Thread: Ask Any Questions About Linux!

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  • Doesn't that mean that you have a lot of duplicate libraries when using Rust programs, even ones with the same version? That seems very inefficient

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  • Why are debian-based systems still so popular for desktop usage? The lack of package updates creates a lot of unnecessary issues which were already fixed by the devs.

    Newer (not bleeding edge) packages have verifiably less issues, e.g. when comparing the packages of a Debian and Fedora distro.

    That's why I don't recommend Mint

  • 44% of All Palestinians Killed by Israel Since October 7 are Children

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  • Only 7 of them are children?!

  • Why don't people here love SimpleXChat more?

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  • Just send them the code. It's okay if the channel over which they the receive the code is insecure

  • German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux and LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog

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  • This is another state, last one was Munich

  • This laptop released in 2016 no longer receive OS updates. Which means I can't update Chrome Browser

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  • Do you want to maintain that?

  • Enshittification Continues: Discord to begin showing advertisements on it's free platform

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  • IMO the easiest solution for the usecase would be Signal

  • The xz package has been backdoored, you need to update your system now

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  • What are you talking about?

  • Which DE for my parent's laptop (old Lenovo IdeaPad)? Wayland or X11?

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  • At least when I used Mint, PopOS, PureOS and Ubuntu Server (all Debian based) I always ran into package issues which were already fixed by the devs months or even years ago. I just couldn't be on that newer version

  • The xz package has been backdoored, you need to update your system now

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  • Why does lzma exist anyway?

  • The xz package has been backdoored, you need to update your system now

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  • One purpose I know of is to snoop on users

  • The xz package has been backdoored, you need to update your system now

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  • In case anyone wants to enter your system

  • Which DE for my parent's laptop (old Lenovo IdeaPad)? Wayland or X11?

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  • Debian is old and full of bugs. "Stable" means you are stuck with faulty, but known-state software. To have a carefree distro where you don't need to assist at all I recommend Bazzite (it's not just for gamers). Tested updates are applied automatically

  • Disney+ debuts a new logo and integrates Hulu content, offering joint subs in the US

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  • It's not like the new colors are hurting either, so why not do it

  • LibreOffice 24.2.2 Is Now Available for Download with More Than 70 Bug Fixes - 9to5Linux

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  • It's not popular in the mainstream, that's what's wrong's with it

  • Aaargh....my eyes......my eyes......

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  • SnakeCase

  • Majority of Americans now use ad blockers

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  • I suspect 98% of Apple users don't block ads