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Re:Self Propagating NPM Malware Compromises over 40 Packages by SkiFire13 on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @10:19AM (#45262591)
> Keep a stable distro where new packages aren't added and versions change rarely (security updates and bugfixes only, no new functionality). This is what most people use.

Unfortunately most people don't want old software that doesn't support newer hardware so most people don't end up using Debian stable.

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Re:Self Propagating NPM Malware Compromises over 40 Packages by lenerdenator on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @11:53AM (#45263936)
It'd be interesting to see how much of the world runs on Debian containers, where most of the whole "it doesn't support my insert consumer hardware here" argument is completely moot.
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Re:Self Propagating NPM Malware Compromises over 40 Packages by bpt3 on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @11:45AM (#45263830)
What hardware isn't supported by Debian stable that is supported by unstable?

Or is this just a "don't use Linux" gripe?

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Re:Self Propagating NPM Malware Compromises over 40 Packages by BoredPositron on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @05:08PM (#45268074)
I haven't had much problems prior but Blackwell support was really buggy for the first two weeks.
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Re:Self Propagating NPM Malware Compromises over 40 Packages by veber-alex on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @12:47PM (#45264687)
I don't know why you went with hardware.

Most people don't want old software because they don't want old software.

They want latest features, fixes and performance improvements.

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Re:Self Propagating NPM Malware Compromises over 40 Packages by nzeid on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @04:48PM (#45267821)
Enable the Backport sources. The recent kernels there have supported all my modern personal devices.
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Re:Self Propagating NPM Malware Compromises over 40 Packages by dmitrygr on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @07:05PM (#45269435)
> Unfortunately most people don't want old software

"old" is a strange way to spell "new, unstable, and wormed".

I want old software. Very little new features are added to most things i care about, mostly it is just bloat, AI slop, and monthly subscription shakedowns being added to software today.

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