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Rolling Release Distros vs. Traditional Release

  • December 21, 2010 7:36 PM PST

    Hey guys, just getting pretty excited for Linux Mint Debian 64 bit and wondering how many other distros were rolling release type and what you think of them. I already know Debian, Arch, Gentoo, and Foresight are all rolling release, but each has its own downsides. Pretty sure LMDE can blow most of them out of the water, but any other suggestions?

    Also, which do you prefer? Traditional release or rolling?

  • December 21, 2010 7:37 PM PST
    Oh, and I know it's just a branch of Debian that is rolling release lol
    • 70 posts
    October 28, 2012 5:29 PM PDT
    I've had good luck with lxde-core installed over Mint Debian xfce - http://lxlinux.com/debian.html. The main caution is to only keep the Mint sources open for the big updates that occur about every 4 months in LMDE.