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Maybe on Stable. Sometimes. Not so much on Testing.

• AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
  One is forced to wonder why they must choose between "stable" and "up to date" at an OS level.
  • em-bee 6y ago
    because it takes a while to be sure that things are really stable. server and desktop have different stability requirements. on a desktop i just need all user apps to work well. on a server i need things to be rock solid. the newer the less stable things get. the distros i am familiar with i would sort in this order: RHEL/centos > debian/ubuntu LTS > fedora/ubuntu > debian testing fedora and ubuntu are stable enough for a desktop or client, but i'd never put them on a server.
  • ohyeshedid 6y ago
    For the same reasons that production, staging, and dev environments are standard.
    • AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
      Outside of Linux Desktop, the operating system and applications are considered separate beasts, so you're able to have a stable OS and a mix of stable/up-to-date applications as you see fit. The package manager/distro model that Linux employs only ever seems to give you the choice of one or the other, because it doesn't have a clear differentiation between "OS" and "application".