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this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2023
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Stability does not mean what you think it does. Stable in Linux means "packages don't get updated, i.e. versions of things remain stable" and Debian is VERY stable, which means he's sometimes years behind in updates. As a desktop user you're likely to not like that sort of stability in your system, but that's great for servers since you can be relatively safe that things won't change that much when you do a system update.
Ubuntu is also very stable, and it supports non free firmware as well. But if you're happier with Debian go ahead, it's an excellent distro and at the end of the day distro choice is something completely personal that you're likely to change several times before settling down on the one you really like.
Debian has always had support for non-free firmware, just not by default, which has changed with Bookworm