[LUGSB] suggest stable rolling distribution

[Jan Kasiak]

Hi Chandra!

I use ArchLinux, which is a rolling release, but I have mixed feelings about
it. Packages are updated frequently (I could run a system update almost
every day), and stuff rarely breaks, but ONLY if you do a full system
update. If you update 1 package, pacman (the package manager), will NOT look
at your remaining packages to resolve dependencies. This is an issue if you
want to hold back onto an  older version, or just don't need to update
everything....I'm not familiar with Mint Linux, but if it's Debian based and
uses their amazing aptitude package manager, maybe they don't have this
limitation.

-Jan

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Chandra Sekhar Mallarapu <
cmallarapu at cs.stonybrook.edu> wrote:

>  Hello
>
> Has anyone used the Linux Mint Debian edition? It seems to be based off
> Debian testing, and is a rolling distribution, which means I wont have to do
> a upgrade/re-install every 6 months or a year. Do you think it will be
> stable enough? I have till now used Debian stable in a virtual machine, not
> the testing version. But a virtual machine has annoying performance related
> quirks, which is forcing me to switch to installing Linux onto the hard
> disk.
>
> I want my system to be quite stable and also admit I am too lazy to take
> the extra effort of making the hardware work in Debian, especially the
> wireless, and just want stuff to work out of the box. Hence, looking at
> Linux Mint Debian. I dont consider Ubuntu, Fedora to be stable enough.
>
> Can you also suggest some other distribution which is stable, doesn't need
> re-installs every few months, and everything just works out of the box? I
> have looked at Gentoo, but decided against it after realising that I will
> have to compile most of what is going to be installed.
>
>
> Thanks
> Chandra
>
>
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