> And this is why Debian exists. I would say you have that a bit backwards, Ubun...

kick · on Dec 27, 2019

This would be like saying children are the reason parents exist.

From an evolutionary standpoint, kind of.

In nature there are a bunch of species that have one/all of the parents die after the offspring are conceived/born. The same applies for Linux distributions a surprising amount of the time.

saghm · on Dec 27, 2019

> This would be like saying children are the reason parents exist

I think I understand what you're saying, but the phrasing is a little strange. Without children, there wouldn't be any parents by definition.

ailideex · on Dec 27, 2019

> Without children, there wouldn't be any parents by definition.

Good point - the phrasing is rather unfortunate.

kanox · on Dec 27, 2019

> And this is why Debian exists.

What this means in this context is that Debian is still relevant and useful rather than a relic. It's the biggest community-based rather than company-supported distro and rejects such features.