Stable Linux distro with up to date packages
Maybe what I'm looking for is the holy grail, but what do you guys suggest as a Distro with a good balance between stability and up-to-date packages?
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Maybe what I'm looking for is the holy grail, but what do you guys suggest as a Distro with a good balance between stability and up-to-date packages?
The holy grail, stable and up-to-date, it exists, it's called Debian with Flatpaks.
Install Debian. Avoid doing any changes to your package selection, try to get things from flatpaks.
This is my preferred way off doing things, but trying to glue VSCode + Android Studio + the Flutter SDK + Docker + ... together via Flatpack was an exercise in pain and sadness last time I tried it.
Getting all my normal boring desktop apps via Flatpack is awesome, but for a developer it just doesn't seem practical right now
If you're a developer and want a stable distro you'll need a way to have up to date dev environments. I would use Nix or containers.
I second this!
Problem with debian is it's stable in the sense of unchanging, not necessarily a lack of bugs.
He's saying he wants up to date packages and stability, which seems to mean he was current software without bugs. That's not debian stable.
I'll bite, what is this mythical bugless system thee speak of?
None, but bugs stick around way longer in debian stable because of how old the software is.
Did you... really think I was talking about a bugless distro?
No, but I do see you mentioning problems without showing any solutions.