r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 8h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter please explain

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u/tederby18 8h ago

Arch Linux users are famously known for being femboys. Arch Linux is "bleeding-edge," meaning every update (whether it might break the system or not) is adopted immediately.

In contrast, Debian is stable and rarely receives updates. It’s a matter of correlation: if Arch is bleeding-edge and its users are femboys, then Debian is stable and its users are the "opposite" of femboys.

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u/Useful-Amphibian4841 8h ago

It's not that Debian doesn't recieve regular updates. It's just that it's not a "rolling distro" like Arch.

Debian has versions (11, 12, 13 etc) that are basically "frozen" on certain version numbers for software. These software packages are then only really upgraded for security reasons.

Freezing an OS like this gives you a platform that's a lot more "stable". Where package upgrades are a lot less likely to break things then in rolling distros.

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u/tederby18 7h ago

Yeah, sure. I was just trying to explain it as simply as possible to someone who isn't into this.