The size of Debian Debian is an enormous project. Naturally, the distribution offers an incredible number of programs. That is the fundamental advantage of Debian 2.1 over its previous version Debian 2.0. Of course, many of the bugs found in the program packages that formed the distribution have now been resolved and also changes in upstream sources of programs have been added.
Appearances can be deceptive.
The job of Debian developers is to create those packages, give them support and correct the errors that can be found in the programs either by notifying the original authors or making the corrections themselves. The comparative study carried out by Lars Wirzenius is a good example of how Debian has grown. In all, Debian 2.1 has more than 750 new packages, more than 940 updated packages in new versions, while 550 packages have not been modified. Evidently, not all the packages have the same weight or value, nor are they of interest to the users in general. In Debian, there are tools that are used by a small number of users only, but what is important is that they are available.