<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 07:52, Liam Proven <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div class="im">On 1 February 2012 03:59, Default User <<a href="mailto:hunguponcontent@gmail.com">hunguponcontent@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 21:25, Liam Proven <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> >> On 31 January 2012 20:35, Default User <<a href="mailto:hunguponcontent@gmail.com">hunguponcontent@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> > Has anyone heard lately of any effort to make an official rolling >> > release >> > version of Ubuntu? I mean Ubuntu, not LMDE or Debian testing, etc. >> >> As the MOTU don't release work-in-progress packages - at least, AFAIK >> - this is effectively impossible. >> >> Some time after release, there is an alpha of the next version, then a >> beta or 2 & sometimes an RC. That's it. >> >> This is insufficient basis upon which to base a rolling release. > </div>> :-( LMDE is actually pretty good - it's Debian, but without the pain, and it's got proper Firefox etc. not the rebranded versions. It's also easier to add the proprietary gubbins that make life bearable without too much mucking around. But there are tons of distros out there still. Many offer rolling releases, if that's what you want. I think some demarcation is a good thing. Ubuntu has nice regular predictable releases. It's easy and safe. So do all the remixes etc. (even if some, like Mint, make upgrading hard.) If you want rolling releases, well, there's Debian Testing, and LMDE, and there's Arch & Gentoo... <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"> -- Liam Proven • Profile: <a href="http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile" target="_blank">http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile</a> Email: <a href="mailto:lproven@cix.co.uk">lproven@cix.co.uk</a> • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: <a href="mailto:lproven@hotmail.com">lproven@hotmail.com</a> • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> I would prefer a rolling release, because completely tearing down my existing system and starting over again every 6 months is a real hassle, and just isn't fun any more. I checked into LMDE. Looks okay, but Mint developers are focused on their main, Ubuntu-derived version. Apparently they are short of personnel. So timely updates seem to be a problem. Debian testing is okay. But you can't get wireless connectivity during the installation process, which is irritating. Also, the fonts used in Debian seem visually crude and fuzzy, compared to the default Ubuntu fonts. There are more things that have to be configured manually. And that "Jetsons" background is the first thing to go, right after establishing wireless connectivity.