[ubuntu-in] Rolling distributions and rolling away from Ubuntu

[Sriranga(77yrsold)]

Hello,
Kindly explain the  difference between Rolling  and non-rolling distros and
in what way has advantages, which is best , since I am newbie to linux
cheers,
-sriranga(77yrsold)

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Narendra Diwate
<narendra.diwate at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Onkar Shinde <onkarshinde at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Sanjay Bhangar <sanjaybhangar at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> Gentoo and Archlinux are probably the two most popular rolling
>> distros. While gentoo is 'compile almost everything from source'
>> (hence based on source packages) archlinux is based on binary
>> packages.
>>
>> I have been using Debian testing for some time now on my laptop and I
>> haven't faced any major issue. Debian testing is a semi-rolling distro
>> because even that goes into freeze at least once every 2 years.
>
>
> While thinking about this, i did consider all the rolling release distro's
> out there. Gentoo was out as i am a non technical user. Sidux and Foresight
> as they are not available in 64bit. Debian testing again as I am a non tech
> user who would like to use a stable system.
>
> PCLinuxOS and AntiX are partial rolling releases i heard but not sure how.
> So that leaves Arch. Will wait till i am more comfortable with Terminal.
> LMDE which came out recently is the one that I will certainly try when they
> come out with 64bit. I think i will be most comfortable with that.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Narendra Diwate
>
>
>
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