[EdwardDiego]

The author of this blog doesn't seem to like anything that happened in Linux after 2010.

Any time I see the domain, I know what I'm in for. But aside from "everything was fine the way it was", I've not seen the author ever present a better way forward when discussing how much they dislike systemd/Wayland/Gnome > some version, and now we can add Debian to the list.

I get it, having a rant is fun, but for your rant to be useful, especially when it's about FOSS projects, presenting a potential path forward is both an antidote to the incessant "bah humbug", and a way to maybe inspire the change you desire.

[Annatar]

It is useful: it points out why one should stay away from Debian GNU/Linux. Sometimes, knowing what not to do is far more useful for making the correct choice.

[ianai]

Tearing down volunteer effort is fundamentally problematic. Yes, it’s important to not give anything flying under the banner of volunteer a free pass, but a huge project with decades of work and use like Debian is well beyond this. If you’re going to make criticism make it constructive or just move on with another distro.

Edit-The easiest way to make some points on the internet is just simple criticism. Doesn’t even have to be informed to come across as legitimate on the internet. Which is why internet blogs like this can do huge amounts of harm.

[voxic11]

He was offering constructive criticism, the article concludes with specific recommendations for how they could improve and gives examples of projects that are doing a better job and could be emulated by debian.