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 <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > 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 <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > 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 > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list