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Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC?

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Aragorn wrote:
> Mike Easter scribbled:
> 
>> Mike Easter wrote:
>>> One advantage of Ub over Deb in terms of packages is the
>>> availability of .ppa/s for the specific Ub Focal release.
>>
>> An example of this is the LibreOffice situation.
>>
>> The Ub repo/s have LO as 6,.4.7 as conventional .deb, default repo/s,
>> whereas LO dev is recently in the 7/s.  The Discover package manager
>> shows the availability of 7.2 because it is available as a flatpak.
>> Personally I would prefer to use conventional .deb packages which are
>> available as a .ppa repo to Ubuntu.  I'm not sure exactly what .deb
>> package is currently available for the stable Deb repo/s, but I'll
>> bet that it isn't as new as those for Ub.
> 
> The difference between the two LibreOffice versions is that the one
> Debian supplies is the so-called "still" (i.e. stable,
> feature-frozen) version, whereas the FlatPak one is the so-called
> "fresh" version, i.e. bleeding edge.
> 
> In general, the "fresh" version is quite usable, but some people do
> occasionally report problems with it, and then they have the option to
> install the "still" version instead.
> 
I just booted an opensuse tumbleweed KDE; tumbleweed is the roller for 
opensuse which claims to up to 'stable' v/s of software.

In its Yast repo/s it has 7.1.5.2 which is a conventional package.  Its 
Discover package handler doesn't have flathub active by default; 
optionally so.

So, in that sense, the rolling tumbleweed has a newer conventional 
package than the point release focal ubuntu of KDE Neon.  It is possible 
that focal Kubuntu would have some newer app/s in its repo/s than Neon, 
whichh focuses on the newest KDE but not the newest sub-point release of 
LTS Ub.

Some areas 'bleeding edge' is too strong a word; I wouldn't consider the 
'beginning' of LO 7 to be bleeding edge like 'fresh dailies' for which 
there is an Ub .ppa.

-- 
Mike Easter

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