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Use a stable distribution like Debian and maintenance only happens every 4-5 years, if you don't mind staying with older software.

• aleph_minus_one 1y ago
  > if you don't mind staying with older software. The problem is: it depends a lot on the specific program whether I want the newest or stay with some older version of some program. Many GNU/Linux distributions make this hard, while Windows makes this easy.
  • guappa 1y ago
    There's backports to install specific programs. But I'm not here to convince anyone.
  • bornfreddy 1y ago
    Huh, what? With Linux you can at least dockerize apps and run multiple versions with negligible performance impact. Doing the same in Windows is a mess at best. Or did you mean that you want to pin an app to a specific version? This can be done also, trivially - not that it is a good idea in general.
    • delfinom 1y ago
      Ah yes, dockerize apps. Jump through hoops to use an app, compared to Windows where it's just some clicks. Nobody ever disputes that there are workarounds to the default packaging workflows of Linux distros. The problem is, your average user, even technical ones don't want using an OS to be a second job outside their real job.
      • guappa 1y ago
        Is this the moving the goalposts Olympic games?
• bornfreddy 1y ago
  Can attest to that. Also, no annoying "Get to know Copilot!" and similar nag-screens.
  • guappa 1y ago
    And no "update to windows 11" (even though it would make the whole system unbootable)