[linuxftw]

> Debian is so "stable" that I can't install newer software through the provided packages anyway, so that's trading off one failure over another.

I've already addressed this, it's pretty trivial to recompile most major software packages. You can also pull those packages from testing or unstable.

> but for non-FOSS it's not even on the table.

Sucks to be a proprietary software vendor. You have to do all this hard work for people to not buy your product anyway.

[zeroname]

> I've already addressed this, it's pretty trivial to recompile most major software packages.

Is it not obvious that outside of the Linux bubble people are not looking forward to invest their precious time into such things?

> Sucks to be a proprietary software vendor. You have to do all this hard work for people to not buy your product anyway.

Of course the alternative is to just ignore Linux users like most proprietary software vendors do.