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> I am the client, I want frequent feature updates, I want fast security updates Oh God no. I am the client, I DO NOT want frequent feature updates, or any upd

by bambax 9y ago

> I am the client, I want frequent feature updates, I want fast security updates Oh God no. I am the client, I DO NOT want frequent feature updates, or any update at all, except important (life-threatening) basic security patches. I want things to NOT CHANGE ever, esp. the UI and the way to do basic tasks.

oblio 9y ago
Do you know of any GUI OS that actually works like that? I'd rather have frequent small changes than Big Bang changes...
- xiphias 9y ago
  It was funny when I first read that a big color palette change that the Chrome team wanted to do was split to multiple releases so that people don't notice the change in any single release.
- ryukafalz 9y ago
  Anything with XFCE - you'd probably do well with Xubuntu. This is XFCE in 2003: https://cdn.xfce.org/about/screenshots/4.2-3.jpg https://cdn.xfce.org/about/screenshots/4.2-3.jpg This is XFCE today: https://cdn.xfce.org/about/tour/4.12/xfwm4-tiling-small.png https://cdn.xfce.org/about/tour/4.12/xfwm4-tiling-small.png
  - ufo 9y ago
    Dunno if XFCE qualifies for "frequent small releases" though :)
- mrisoli 9y ago
  What you want is a Rolling Release Distro, like Arch or Gentoo, then you can add whatever GUI you want on top of it, I like XFCE as a sibling comment mentioned.
  - ufo 9y ago
    Another good example of a rolling release distro is OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. It has less of a DIY culture than Arch or Gentoo and the installer will install a graphical desktop by default so arguably it is closer to what the parent poster was asking about.
- Momquist 9y ago
  Regarding UI changes, minimalist Window Managers and Desktop Environments for *nix tend to work like that. They stick to their base paradigms and rarely, if ever change, once considered stable. XFCE has been already been mentioned. But Openbox, dwm, awesome, etc... all could fit. Note that it's expected, and assumed, that the user can switch to these more conservative UIs if they prefer, even if the base distro defaults to only one.
whazor 9y ago
To be fair, most subscription model software that I know changes UI less frequently than pay–per-release software. As for every big release the marketing department steps in to fully redesign everything.
- Spooky23 9y ago
  Do you use Windows 10. It is a nightmare full of gratuitious undocumented feature changes.
megaman22 9y ago
Then find yourself a Long Term Servicing Branch iso. The last Windows 10 Creators update trashed all the developer workstations in my company and made them unusable. The only knock on LTSB is the Linux-on-Windows stuff isn't there. Otherwise, it's Windows 10 without the bullshit and with added stability.

by bambax 9y ago

oblio 9y ago

Do you know of any GUI OS that actually works like that? I'd rather have frequent small changes than Big Bang changes...

xiphias 9y ago
It was funny when I first read that a big color palette change that the Chrome team wanted to do was split to multiple releases so that people don't notice the change in any single release.
ryukafalz 9y ago
Anything with XFCE - you'd probably do well with Xubuntu. This is XFCE in 2003: https://cdn.xfce.org/about/screenshots/4.2-3.jpg https://cdn.xfce.org/about/screenshots/4.2-3.jpg This is XFCE today: https://cdn.xfce.org/about/tour/4.12/xfwm4-tiling-small.png https://cdn.xfce.org/about/tour/4.12/xfwm4-tiling-small.png
- ufo 9y ago
  Dunno if XFCE qualifies for "frequent small releases" though :)
mrisoli 9y ago
What you want is a Rolling Release Distro, like Arch or Gentoo, then you can add whatever GUI you want on top of it, I like XFCE as a sibling comment mentioned.
- ufo 9y ago
  Another good example of a rolling release distro is OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. It has less of a DIY culture than Arch or Gentoo and the installer will install a graphical desktop by default so arguably it is closer to what the parent poster was asking about.
Momquist 9y ago
Regarding UI changes, minimalist Window Managers and Desktop Environments for *nix tend to work like that. They stick to their base paradigms and rarely, if ever change, once considered stable. XFCE has been already been mentioned. But Openbox, dwm, awesome, etc... all could fit. Note that it's expected, and assumed, that the user can switch to these more conservative UIs if they prefer, even if the base distro defaults to only one.

whazor 9y ago

To be fair, most subscription model software that I know changes UI less frequently than pay–per-release software. As for every big release the marketing department steps in to fully redesign everything.

Spooky23 9y ago
Do you use Windows 10. It is a nightmare full of gratuitious undocumented feature changes.

megaman22 9y ago

Then find yourself a Long Term Servicing Branch iso. The last Windows 10 Creators update trashed all the developer workstations in my company and made them unusable. The only knock on LTSB is the Linux-on-Windows stuff isn't there. Otherwise, it's Windows 10 without the bullshit and with added stability.