Rolling release linux distributions
1.Arch Linux
2.Gentoo Is there any other rolling release linux distribution? [Rolling release=No new version of that linux distribution after six months/one year or so/no end of life] |
Well, Sabayon is based on Gentoo, so that's another. But if Gentoo was unsatisfactory, for some reason or another, Sabayon may well be unsatisfactory too.
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Slackware-current?
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Sabayon has new version after some period.
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=sabayon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabayon_Linux |
Sidux
Zenwalk-snapshot Fedora-rawhide mandriva-cooker Suse-factory Foresight Lunar Sorcerer *sigh* Actually you can make any distro as rolling and bleeding and hemorrhaging as you want. |
if you have Arch, why would you need anything else........;)
Would not LFS be considered "rolling release"? |
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Foresight Do these have end of life issue? |
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Installing gentoo looks time-consuming,so much manual configuration. |
I'd like to tell you that I spend less time on Arch than I would with Gentoo, but I don't think that would be the case. For me, I simply got "over the hump" in the learning curve more easily with Arch. I'm not sure that I could explain why.
YMMV |
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That's installation cd release version.
cat /etc/archlinux-version doesn't display anything. EOL is also a point. |
sidux, debian testing/sid, arch, gentoo
My current debian sid system was installed just before debian Sarge was released. apt-get dist-upgrade keeps my system updated, no need to ever reinstall other than perhaps hardware failures. |
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In other words, you will get the same result no matter if you use a 2004.0 or 10.0 gentoo livecd/dvd. You could install Gentoo from an ubuntu or suse livecd and get the same exact result actually, or from another distro that you might have installed already in your HD. If you reinstall Gentoo using a new livedvd that came out yesterday, you would be wasting your time, because after the reinstall you would have exactly the same distro, provided that you install the same set of packages and configure them the same way. |
Basically the same answer for Arch
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From the user perspective, I would define "rolling release distribution" as something that has everything current. I would default "current" to the latest or previous version. I would even allow "never more than 3 versions old", provided it is a policy.
Either there are no rolling release distributions, or I cannot find them on distrowatch. Gentoo unstable is close, but the key word is "everything". Oh, wait - is "unstable" any good from the user perspective? If not, can a "rolling release distro" exist? So, maybe I would ask "what distributions allow you to make anything latest easily", but somebody already mentioned Slackware on this thread. |
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