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> If you stay with what the package manager offers for a well-maintained distro Your choice of software will be limited and almost certainly out of date.
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
> If you stay with what the package manager offers for a well-maintained distro
Your choice of software will be limited and almost certainly out of date.
- heavyset_go 6y agoIf you care about running bleeding edge software, then you're probably running a rolling release distribution where the software in repositories is only out of date for a few hours or days.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoAssuming what you want is in there and someone is maintaining it, which is a big if you're doing anything even a little bit unusual. Linux Desktop seems to believe the world must be bifurcated between "stable, predictable system" and "absolute bleeding edge software". What if I want old trusted versions of some things and bleeding edge of other software?