"7 years" is intended as hyperbole? On average, your Debian Stable versions will be 1 year old, plus security updates. Debian Stable keeps everything stable,

"7 years" is intended as hyperbole? On average, your Debian Stable versions will be 1 year old, plus security updates. Debian Stable keeps everything stable, and something I want a newer version of (say, the latest version of some browser, for developing with a new feature), I just install separately. Everything else is very low drama.