[LUGSB] suggest stable rolling distribution

[Jonathan Dahan]

"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"

Gentoo is not the way to go - its way less stable than it used to be,
requires lots of user interaction, and has been surpassed in up-to-date
applications by other distros. It also has a hellish amount of dev /
community drama. The IRC channels are nice though.

Arch also signs packages, so it would be nice if that FUD would go
away. Plus their wiki is excellent. Chandra already said Debian requires too
much work. Mint is a great choice, though I haven't used it in a while it
was way better than Ubuntu back in the day. Frugalware may be good too
though I haven't tried it.

- Jonathan

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Hazuki Azuma <azumahazuki at gmail.com>wrote:

> Unless you have a weak machine, Gentoo is the way to go. Arch has its
> charms but its lack of signing and its instability bother me. Mint looks
> interesting, and vanilla Debian Testing is also a choice. I believe
> Frugalware is also rolling-release, and is something like a much less insane
> Arch; try it out!
>
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