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[–] 26 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Use Debian. Debian has been committed to protecting the freedom of its users since inception.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Outdated packages, but FREEDOM!


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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    This might be a shocking concept, but some people need their stuff to actually work!

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    To your average Linux user... why care if things "work", what's important is that you have the FREEDOM to break everything!

    But seriously, yeah, that's a valid criticism of many distros, depending on your use case. You need to choose the right one for your needs.


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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    The packages are not outdated, they are frozen for up to a 2 year period for stability and security. The packages receive security patches regularly. The last package freeze was July 2025. If you need software which is newer than July 2025, you can install it with flatpak. Also Ubuntu LTS and Linux Mint uses the same package release schedule.

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