<p>Agreed, I am also looking art Mint Debian. I am still running Mint 12. I got so used to rolling updates and releases with Mandriva. Who has the time to reinstall everything twice a year? I also want to give Mageia a try sooner rather than later.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 2012-10-23 7:42 PM, "Daniel Wayne Armstrong" <<a href="mailto:daniel-HRJVlgn2G/y5aS82P/H3Zg@public.gmane.org">daniel@circuidipity.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Lennart Sorensen<br>
<<a href="mailto:lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org">lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbuL8BFgmvp+Ig@public.gmane.orgoo.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> I use unstable on my work desktop, my home desktop and laptop and my<br>
> mythtv box.<br>
><br>
> I upgrade haphazardly (sometimes multiple times in a day, sometimes 2<br>
> or 3 weeks apart).<br>
><br>
> The only times I ever had trouble is if I try to upgrade in the middle of<br>
> a major transition (perl 5.12 to 5.14 for example) when not everything<br>
> needed is in the archive yet. In those cases, I see the long list of<br>
> tings to be removed and think "That looks wrong" and don't upgrade and<br>
> wait a day or two and try again.<br>
><br>
> I always use apt-get dist-upgrade. I know aptitude is supposed to be<br>
> better, but its conflict resolution tends to drive me bonkers with its<br>
> long questions. I consider synaptic useless.<br>
<br>
Thanks for the responses. I like the idea behind a "rolling release"<br>
of incremental, continuous change vs the "punctuated equilibrium"<br>
model mentioned elsewhere and Debian unstable sounds like rolling<br>
release done right.<br>
<br>
I also will take another look at Linux Mint Debian Edition ... it<br>
sounds more suitable for a few people I help with their Linux<br>
installs. Thanks for mentioning it.<br>
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