“This version of XScreenSaver is very old. Please upgrade”
Frankly, this is a very good example why I inevitably give up on using Debian.<p>It is not the software writers&#x27; fault that your distro can&#x27;t be arsed to keep its package system up-to-date.<p>Even the <i>unstable</i> branch is routinely multiple versions behind on software.<p>The idea of linking end-user software versioning to the operating system version itself was always a dumb idea, but has become even more absurd over time. No other operating system but Linux (and possibly some BSDs) does this to the extent that the distro model does.<p>I&#x27;m not limited to awkward work-around manual install methods just because the version of Notepad++ linked to Windows 8.1 hasn&#x27;t been updated since it was released. The whole scenario is absurd.<p>Yes, package repos are nice, but not when it means I&#x27;m perpetually multiple versions behind on common software just because a handful of nerds are trying to do the job of Github and Sourceforge combined, instead of just building an easier method of installing and updating third-party software.