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Use Debian Testing. This is the _rolling_ release from the Debian family. And don't be fooled by the name of the release: "Testing". The name "Testing" exists
by joe200 2y ago
Use Debian Testing. This is the _rolling_ release from the Debian family.
And don't be fooled by the name of the release: "Testing". The name "Testing" exists due to an orthodox approach of Debian community that only the Debian stable can use "stable".
- Kwpolska 2y agoAnd ignore the orthodox Debianeers who say "nobody should be using testing".
- mkesper 2y agoTesting is not really a rolling release and is not guaranteed to get security updates in a timely manner so it's certainly not for everyone.
- joe200 2y agoTesting is a rolling release for most of the time. As well as Sid is: Sid [rolling] -> Testing [rolling] -> Stable [point release]
- mkesper 2y agoThis is only true until testing gets frozen. After a freeze gets lifted again, many transitions might occur. I use it myself but it's wrong to call it a rolling release that everyone should use.
- deadbunny 2y agotesting is absolutely not a rolling release. Sure it gets new packages faster than stable which can appear to be the same as a rolling release it gets frozen before a stable release and suddenly it's not a rolling release.
- joe200 2y agoSo to describe it precisly: Debian Testing is a rolling release for majority of time. When the Stable is going to be released, Testing gets frozen for a while. But then it becomes the rolling release again. Debian stable gets released once in ~2 years. So once in ~2 years Debian testing is not a rolling release.