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I daily drive Debian stable and the few packages that aren't from the repositories are by choice. My most important programs are Neovim, Alacritty (for vim keyb

I daily drive Debian stable and the few packages that aren't from the repositories are by choice. My most important programs are Neovim, Alacritty (for vim keybindings) and Firefox. Before Bookworm I had to build Alacritty from source but that's it and these days they're an apt install away. I build dwm and dmenu as well but they exist in the repos if I didn't like patching them. If I go outside the repositories that's a choice, and I think hard if I really need it on my system, or maybe a VM for isolation makes more sense if I don't trust the developer. If one needs bleeding edge everything maybe Debian isn't the right choice. Why does everything always have to cater to the masses? Let Debian be boring for those of us who love it for what it is.

frankjr 3y ago
> Neovim You're missing almost 1.5 years of bug fixes then (Bookworm+Unstable 0.7.2, Jun 26, 2022; Neovim stable 0.9.4, Oct 9, 2023). LSP support in particular has gotten much better in the meantime. > If one needs bleeding edge everything maybe Debian isn't the right choice. Stable versions are not bleeding edge.
- worksonmine 3y ago
  > You're missing almost 1.5 years of bug fixes the No I'm not, I used vanilla vim without LSP until Bram (R.I.P) decided to write another vimscript, too much NIH for my taste. I'm fine with what I use and have my workflow. I'm considering trying out how Flatpaks work for me for the isolation though. I do use Docker and even the occasional VM for complex environments and don't notice any difference in my use. > Stable versions are not bleeding edge Bleeding edge as in latest features.