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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Latest release of Alacritty not installed (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm running Debian 10 and I saw that there was a new release of Alacritty, so I checked the version I was running which was 0.4.2 and went to apt update and it said everything was up to date? Am I somehow running a super stable Debian version?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Hmm, I don't understand your question. Are you surprised by Debian's packages being outdated (they're always outdated) or by it being that outdated (they're usually that outdated)...?

Debian is a very slow-moving distro. When a developer releases a new version of their software, it may very well take years until it arrives in Debian Stable.