Stable distro for university

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  • distrobox

    Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox

    Yes, one could say that Debian packages are "old" (or at least, will be old when it nears the end of the stable release cycle), but there are ways to mitigate its "oldness". For example, if you are using new hardware, you could get a newer Linux kernel, firmware, and sometimes mesa from backports. You could also use flatpak, AppImages, pre-compiled binaries for programs you want newer versions for, and Debian Bookworm will also have Distrobox, which allows you to safely install any package from other Linux distros within a Podman/Docker container without the risk of dependency conflicts.

  • SpiralLinux-project

    SpiralLinux project

    For more stability, there is also a Debian installer called Spiral Linux which configures the system in such a way that creates snapshots of your system partition any time you update packages with apt and allows you to instantly rollback within GRUB at boot if your system is ever borked.

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