On Aug 9, 2014 2:16 PM, "Liam Proven" <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > On 8 August 2014 20:05, Tom H <<a href="mailto:tomh0665@gmail.com">tomh0665@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > There's more churn in unstable but it's also a "victim" of the freeze > > because developers can't upload packages to unstable unless they're > > destined for testing and they're fixing a bug. Thta's why even Ubuntu > > non-LTS falls behind upstream from time to time. The syncs from Debian > > are for minor version bumps. > > Conceded. > > > The last freeze lasted 9 or 10 months. I don't know anyone who's > > running sid or sidux but I had a colleague who use to run sidux and > > his system was trashed after one of the Debian releases and unstable > > received a flood of new packages. > > Ouch! > > > Gentoo's a rolling release but you have to get used to the > > install-time compilation delays (compared to a binary distro) and not > > mess around too much with your USE flags unless you know what you're > > doing. > > I never advocate Gentoo myself -- life is far too short; if you're > really worried about maximising system performance that badly, then > you shouldn't be running Linux, and arguably not Unix at all. > > How about Sabayon, then? That seems to paper over the more egregious > of Gentoo's cracks? > Sabayon is a lovely system just couldn't get on with the Gnome desktop that I installed with it! The support forum peeps are really friendly and helpful too (not quite as good as here but not snobbish as some I have used!) Pete S > -- > Liam Proven • Profile: <a href="http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile">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 > Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR) > > -- > 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">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a>