> You can pay companies just fine to support Debian.

Yes, but this sentence didn't convince who was making these decisions back at CERN, approximately 20 years ago! I'm not even convinced that it was that possible and painless 20 years ago.

We agree about the rest of us, but I still ask why about EPEL stuff while writing salt recipes.

Update system, install EPEL, update system, install creature comforts is a such a bizarre dance to make while I can just write a one long apt command and get a better system in 30 seconds.

...and aptitude. Yes, that TUI thing. It's magnificent.