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I recently started using Linux again after a 15+ year hiatus. The Debian installer looks exactly the same as it did when I stopped using it. I'm not hating, just stating why it might look outdated for some people.
It's kinda why I like it. No surprises, it asks you the same dozen questions in the same order and installs your new system.
Yeah, there is nothing wrong with it. It functions and it's very straight forward. But I can see why someone would say it looks outdated.
Totally, it reminds me of the W95 installer if you go for the gui or good old MsDOS if you stay on the CLI.
I love that it doesn't change. I don't like that when I boot from a ventoy disk it doesn't install a boot loader. Took me like 5 installs to figure out what was going on.
Debian’s “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” philosophy is why I use Debian for all my servers. I would rather have something look old and be functional every time.
I last re-built my home server in 2019 with Buster and it still has LTS for another year. That's more than enough time to prepare for a rebuild and adjust any of my own custom crap for the latest release.
As an alternate to Flatpack, I have been using LXC to run the latest and greatest while still keeping a stable and predictable host. It's awesome because you can operate an LXC container exactly as if it were a VM or physical machine compared to the more rigid platform of Docker.