“Tony, I get where you’re coming from. Debian isn’t about chasing the latest shiny update — it’s about this:

- Carefully curated and tested → every package in stable is rock-solid. After all, most packages have gone through two years in the testing branch of the distro.
- Fewer updates → no constant churn that risks breaking the system.
- Security-focused → most updates are restricted to patches that harden the system.
- Smaller attack surface → less experimental code, more stability.
- Community-maintained → one of the largest, longest-running volunteer projects in open source.
- Trusted everywhere → from servers to supercomputers to mission-critical systems.

Debian’s not trying to impress with flash or make things unnecessarily challenging. It’s deliberately built this way — for reliability, security, and longevity. And that’s exactly why it has the reputation it does.”