For approximately two years, Debian remains relatively unchanged. Program versions and features remain the same for this duration. Security fixes get backported. Sometimes, exceptions are made for rare situations where a package might need new features. For example, a driver may get upgraded to add support for more hardware. But it rarely happens. Keeping things constant has its advantages. It makes the operating system dependable. You almost never encounter bugs. Things almost never break after updating packages. No new features also means no unexpected surprises/behavior. But every two years (approximately) a new Debian version is released. And it often brings significant improvements and new features… Read more