Being way behind in lots of packages means security exposures galore. Exim was hacked by the Russians already and ssh servers world-wide have malware attacking them now too.
On Fri, 21 Aug 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:04:41 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Accessible Distros for a beginner? > > Biggest reason is because, being a, stable, distro, debian is way behind in a > lot of packages. I remember last year, for example, trying to get wireguard > running. I had to build my own kernel because the one in stable debian was > too old. > But for the average user, I guess, debian would do just fine. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:29:51 +0200 > Subject: Re: Accessible Distros for a beginner? > > > Why not just using Debian? IMHO this is still the most accessible distro > > with a large community and a active team who cares about accessibility. And > > for a beginner its not more difficult to learn how Debian is working then > > learning to use another distro. > > > > For me Debian is still the best and I wonder why this is not the case for > > other users? Why do you prefere other distros? > > > > Ciao, > > > > Schoepp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
