> Shortly, if you really want Debian Stable the distance between hardware > devices and operating system drivers is too high now. So my 2ยข advice is: > "WAIT". Wait for the new shiny LTS series 7 kernel and the new stable Debian > 14 release "Forky" (probably in mid-2027).
Postponing replacement of hardware is always a good idea (since it extends to life of the current hardware, and thus reduces electronic waste and such), but I think it's important to mention that another option is to buy slightly less new&shiny hardware. Two-years old hardware should be well-supported on Debian stable, will probably be noticeably cheaper than the new&shiny thing, it should still be able to serve you for the next 10 years, and it probably won't be very different in terms of functionality anyway (since progress in hardware has been rather slow over the last ... 20 years?). === Stefan
