one of the things keeping me on ubuntu right now is that 3rd party linux software (be it proprietary or open source stuff that's not in the repositories for som

one of the things keeping me on ubuntu right now is that 3rd party linux software (be it proprietary or open source stuff that's not in the repositories for some reason, or perhaps that canonical has screwed around with) is today almost always packaged for ubuntu. i imagine that's going to be much harder when there isn't a specific release that those 3rd parties can aim for. i actually thought ubuntu hit a nice sweet spot with their 6-month release cycle. it was one of the many things they got right in the early years that gave them the leadership position they still have today, even if a lot of us are less fond of what it's become.