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Comment by SkiFire13

2 months ago

> Keep a stable distro where new packages aren't added and versions change rarely (security updates and bugfixes only, no new functionality). This is what most people use.

Unfortunately most people don't want old software that doesn't support newer hardware so most people don't end up using Debian stable.

It'd be interesting to see how much of the world runs on Debian containers, where most of the whole "it doesn't support my insert consumer hardware here" argument is completely moot.

I don't know why you went with hardware.

Most people don't want old software because they don't want old software.

They want latest features, fixes and performance improvements.

What hardware isn't supported by Debian stable that is supported by unstable?

Or is this just a "don't use Linux" gripe?

Enable the Backport sources. The recent kernels there have supported all my modern personal devices.

> Unfortunately most people don't want old software

"old" is a strange way to spell "new, unstable, and wormed".

I want old software. Very little new features are added to most things i care about, mostly it is just bloat, AI slop, and monthly subscription shakedowns being added to software today.