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I use debian for work and never install anything outside their official repos unless it's not packaged or is unmaintained. Debian's stability is legendary and

• ExoticPearTree 3y ago
  Maybe for your specific use - yes. And maybe your place of work only runs stable distributions for many years. But I have a feeling for the vast majority of people this is why snap was invented, to not be stuck on old software for a few years.
  • bee_rider 3y ago
    The comment you responded to has lots of siblings.
    • ExoticPearTree 3y ago
      I am not sure what you mean, but when I responded it was a single commet, no replies.
      • bee_rider 3y ago
        Siblings, as in comments at the same level in the comment tree. A bunch of other people have responded to the original comment starting with: > I don't know anyone who uses Debian and actually sticks with their packaged apps. With various indications that they more or less actually do stick to the packaged apps.
        • ExoticPearTree 3y ago
          Oh, you could have said so. Anyway, I for one don’t think that staying with for example nginx for two years on the same version is a good idea. Even if they fix security issues, you still miss out on features. And this is for lots of other packages.
          • huggingmouth 3y ago
            It's a tradeoff between stability and new features. You obviously favor features, we favor stability. It's as simple as that.
• lmm 3y ago
  > I use debian for work and never install anything outside their official repos unless it's not packaged or is unmaintained. So you're saying you do install things outside their official repos, because their official repos don't package or maintain everything you want to use?
  • huggingmouth 3y ago
    Yes, but think application services like gitlab or matrix servers. I don't recall ever installing any forign system-level package.