Re: [OT] Distro suggestion, was "Re: [Bug 3318] 5.04 updates"

Backports gets harder and harder to maintain with older releases
because so many new features from newer versions are required to build.
If you have any requests, we're still happy to look at them for you,
but we have to caution that many won't work.


Gentoo is no way to solve the problem -- that's just upgrade hell
24/7/365. Upgrading to Breezy is much less painful than administering
Gentoo for a few weeks :). I've been fired from admin positions thanks
to my Gentoo servers before :)

On 10/31/05, John Nilsson <john@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 16:51 +0000, blu.gecko wrote:
> Public bug report changed:
> https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/3318
>
> Comment:
> Phillipp,
>
> I like my system the way it is now, I like my graphical interface, and from
> what I have
> seen from screen shots and the live cd, It has been to commercialized for my
> taste buds, I like my gnome simple and plain. Is ubuntu going to discontinue
> backports for
> 5.04, I would rather re install xp than make the switch, atleast xp wont go
> and change versions on me so that I have reinstall and reupgrade in 6
> months. If its not broken, dont fix it.

If you want a system tailored for your needs that support continuous
upgrades you might want to try Gentoo[1] or some derivative. It's a
little more work to admin but completely unbranded (unless you choose
otherwise).

There are probably other systems that provides this, but Gentoo I'm
familiar with.

[1] http://www.gentoo.org/

Regards,
John


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