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16-17 years ago, Debian was infamous for having old versions of many popular packages (e.g. Python, gcc). Ubuntu caught on for being "just like Debian" except
by metadat 4y ago
16-17 years ago, Debian was infamous for having old versions of many popular packages (e.g. Python, gcc). Ubuntu caught on for being "just like Debian" except kept more up to date with the latest and greatest.
Nowadays Debian isn't lagging behind anymore, thankfully.
- pxc 4y agoHave Debian Unstable and Testing ever really been that musty?
- qbrass 4y agoStable was mummified, Testing was musty, and Unstable had the opposite problem and was named Sid for a reason. Ubuntu used to fit between Testing and Sid.
- wink 4y agoI find that description overly negative. I was running Testing on my work laptop for years (up to 2017) and I only had to build like 5 packages myself where I needed a bleeding edge version. Definitely didn't feel worse than any Ubuntu release after a few months into the cycle.
- raggi 4y agoMost of the software that is in the Debian release from this December was released in 2020. Examples include: go 1.15, gcc 10.2, postgresql 13, systemd 247. Ubuntu 20.04.1 has go 1.18.1 and gcc 9.4. It's all a mixed bag and somewhat disappointing.