> They also select older versions of software than you might like due to their release cycle Not necessarily true anymore. They have roughly the same versions

> They also select older versions of software than you might like due to their release cycle Not necessarily true anymore. They have roughly the same versions as Ubuntu, sometimes newer if you compare Ubuntu 18.04 with Debian 10 and considerably newer packages than OpenSuSe Leap 15.3 which carries some of the same versions as 15.0.