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i hate that it's very often like this (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by nekothegamer to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (17 children)

Deb files are debian packages, so if you're not on debian you can't install it

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (13 children)

I don't understand why would people not be on debian does not compute

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 children)
  • Incredibly old and likely no longer updated packages
  • the devs are expected to backport their security fixes to these packages, which can create an outrageous amount of work

I don't understand why would people not be on debian does not compute

I don't understand why someone would want to be on Debian, what actual advantage does it have.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Relax, guys, Debian and not Debian both have their pros and cons. The variety of options is what's so beautiful about Linux.

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