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>Debian doesn't always just work, because a lot of packages are very old.

If you need new packages, you don't run stable.

You run stable if you need things, well, stable and "just works".

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My point is that Debian does not always just work. That is my argument. It very well may "just work" in your use case, but it doesn't "just work" for all cases like your original comment seem to point out.

Also, there is a difference between new, like bleeding edge (e.g. Fedora), or newer (like Ubuntu or Debian Testing).

I don't know if *BSD "just works" either, but that is not what I am arguing here. I am making a point against your statement that Debian "just works."