[OT] Distro suggestion, was "Re: [Bug 3318] 5.04 updates"

Backports gets harder and harder to maintain with older releases because so
many new features from newer versions are required to build. If you have any
requests, we're still happy to look at them for you, but we have to caution
that many won't work.


Gentoo is no way to solve the problem -- that's just upgrade hell 24/7/365.
Upgrading to Breezy is much less painful than administering Gentoo for a few
weeks :). I've been fired from admin positions thanks to my Gentoo servers
before :)

On 10/31/05, John Nilsson <john at milsson.nu> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 16:51 +0000, blu.gecko wrote:
> > Public bug report changed:
> > https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/3318
> >
> > Comment:
> > Phillipp,
> >
> > I like my system the way it is now, I like my graphical interface, and
> from
> > what I have
> > seen from screen shots and the live cd, It has been to commercialized
> for my
> > taste buds, I like my gnome simple and plain. Is ubuntu going to
> discontinue
> > backports for
> > 5.04, I would rather re install xp than make the switch, atleast xp wont
> go
> > and change versions on me so that I have reinstall and reupgrade in 6
> > months. If its not broken, dont fix it.
>
> If you want a system tailored for your needs that support continuous
> upgrades you might want to try Gentoo[1] or some derivative. It's a
> little more work to admin but completely unbranded (unless you choose
> otherwise).
>
> There are probably other systems that provides this, but Gentoo I'm
> familiar with.
>
> [1] http://www.gentoo.org/
>
> Regards,
> John
>
>
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