@d6 @mcc e.g. if you buy a new laptop you likely want to be running the latest or near the latest kernel just so it actually like, works. There's usually some number of small functionality enablement that needs to happen. Then if you want to run new software (like e.g. steam games) you need graphics drivers that aren't from the middle ages. And any applications you want to use, you likely want the latest version of those too. (Debian stable has blender 3.4, for example, current upstream is 4.3)