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  • Originally posted by yogi_berra View Post
    -"Why are you using Linux?"
    "Because it makes me cool"
    -"So strip naked and sit in a freezer, its the same effect"
    "...?"
    -"...!"
    "But... BUT.... look!"

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    • Originally posted by yogi_berra View Post
      What about KDE or Gnome is so important that you would need the latest release or would stop you from using any of the backporting services that exist?
      The KDE 1 -> KDE 2 migration was rather important.

      The point remains that any update to a central part of the system will force you to build everything that depends on that library from source. It's not just "building one application from source", it's building half of your system from source.

      The power of Debian is in the high quality package repositories. The power of Debian stable is that the packages do not break things when you install them, which makes it attractive for servers and other situations where stability is important. The more you rely on the provided packages, the more stable and comfortable it is to use. You trade the bleeding-edge software for stability and maintainability.

      Installing binary blobs into your kernel and compiling random stuff from source (and recompiling it over and over every time there is a security update) defeats the purpose of Debian stable, IMHO.

      If it rocks your boat, then have fun doing it.

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