| > debian sadly is too dated for my hardware and I don't feel like using sid Did you try debian testing? My experience with rolling release: I tried Gentoo and then Arch, moving off both after they pushed updates which completely broke my system. Gentoo has a disclaimer that you need to check each update individually, Arch was a little bit more realistic, but on the flip-side contradictory - some places they tell you to just update often, and others tell you to check packages for problems as with Gentoo. If you do not intend to check each update for breakages (like me), then my advice is to not use Gentoo or Arch (but if you are willing to check all updates, then I'd recommend them). Debian testing's been okay for me so far and I've got greater confidence that they a) won't be as likely to break my system, and b) will send an update to revert or fix in a reasonable time if they do. If (or when?) this breaks, I'll go back to Ubuntu, full circle. |