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by homeomorphic 4858 days ago
> If you've got workflow-critical programs you don't want updating, use the LTS release. That's what it's for.

I know. And it could be that I'm just grumpy that I'm losing the great thing Ubuntu gave me: essentially 6 months of frozen Debian Unstable.

Now we might get 18 months of frozen Unstable along with a Testing/Unstable-like rolling thing. Except for the regular-guy-friendly installer, what will Ubuntu really add over Debian anymore then?

What's kept me on Ubuntu for 6 years was that it gave me exactly what I wanted: relatively frequent, but frozen snapshots of Sid! But then again, if I'm in a small minority thinking like this, I won't complain :-)