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by wkat4242 826 days ago
> Another problem is that many packages have been sitting waiting for critical bug fixes for months. I'm not sure what their focus is, but they really aren't particularly suitable for use as a desktop or server OS.

This is something that bothers me with all the containerisation yes.

If there is a big vulnerability in libssl found now, you just update your distro once and boom, everything that uses openssl is fixed.

Now with all these snaps you have to wait for every maintainer to incorporate the update in their package when they feel like it. It's a mess.