I should probably switch back to Debian. I switched to Ubuntu back in the day because it was Debian + more stuff. Now it's Debian + more stuff I don't want.
Please note: Starting with Debian 7, the minor number is not part of the Debian release number, and numbers with a minor component like 9.4 or 9.7 now indicate a <i>point</i> release. Basically, only security updates and major bug fixes, with new updated installation media images. This, 10.6, is <i>not</i> a new major release of Debian.<p>Historical context: It wasn’t always like this; Debian 3.1 was a major release after Debian 3.0, and Debian 6.0 had minor releases up to 6.0.10. This did not change until Debian 7 (which was called 7, not 7.0, and had a minor release numbered 7.1). Therefore, many people might still assume that an increase of the first minor version number is a major release, even though it is not true anymore.
What does this mean if you run a Debian server?<p>Will "apt update && apt upgrade" update to 10.6 or do you need to put out a heavier gun?
Does anyone else find the "recent" files section in the Debian 10 (XFCE) file selection dialogs to be significantly less useful than in previous Debian releases?<p>Recently created files just... don't show up. This is a hard one to do an internet search for, and saves a surprising amount of time for some workflows if it works consistently.<p>1000 internet points to anyone who knows how to make it work as well as it did previously.
At work:<p><pre><code> # apt-get update
...
Reading package lists... Done
N: Repository 'http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian buster InRelease' changed its 'Version' value from '10.5' to '10.6'</code></pre>
Problem with Debian that by the time of the release all packages are heavily outdated. Ubuntu is even worse - they can't even patch multiple vulnerabilities, see, for example, radare2 package[1]. Everything that is required just a simple version bump. It's often not a problem for other distributions like Fedora, Arch, Gentoo, etc.<p>[1] <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/radare2/+bug/1882889" rel="nofollow">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/radare2/+bug/18828...</a>