If you can excuse the choice of LTS kernel in Debian Stable owing to its release cycle. Debian 13 is more recent or neck-and-neck with many regular release distributions, like Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) or Fedora Linux 42, for example.
Why are people raising their voices? What are the true causes of these open discussions and expectations? To answer these questions, we need to go back to the beginning.