Suggestions for Linux Desktop OS

[Oleg Brodkin]

I am looking for a Linux Desktop distro with

- rolling updates
- stable repos
- mature
- gnome or XFCE
- home use: photo editing, code development, no games
- office use: IT Admin

Welcome your suggestions for anything but Mint/Ubuntu.

Thanks

OB

[Samir Faci]

the problem with rolling updates is that most easy to use distributions aren't.

Rolling updates as far as I remember is gentoo, arch linux and debian testing.

So you're choices are limited to those distributions and those based on them.

Chakra (based on arch linux)
Sabayon (based on gentoo )

for a larger list you can look at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_release#Debian-based

... rolling updates usually means lesser stability. You'll probably
need to choose one or the other. The entire point of rolling updates is
continual development... so you'll get updates before any of the other
distros at the
cost of some stability.

I'm using Arch Linux for the most full time and I love seeing all the
eye candy that's coming
out. That is worth (to me ) a lesser degree of stability at times.

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[Steve]

Debian is my current choice. More stable then Fedora/Unbuntu, but is
moderately updated. Easy to add third party sources. Does not have
the
desktop sillyness that is ubuntu.

Steve

[Kevin Brandstatter]

Debian Testing or openSuse. openSuse has a new distribution release
about every 9 months, with milestone updates along the way, also based
on SUSE linux, and RPM based and very stable.

-K Brandstatter

[Samir Faci]

I think most people missed the rolling updates comment.

Something like Ubuntu, or OpenSuSe isn't a rolling release distro.

not that something like OpenSuSe, or Mint and such aren't good
distros.. but you
won't be getting updates every few days as new versions are being,
tagged, packages and
push to the repos.

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Samir
PS. I think this email might come off a bit more blunt then intended.
it's not meant that way.

[Jared Moore]

openSUSE Tumbleweed is openSUSE's rolling release variant. I haven't
used it, but my understanding is that it works as advertised.

http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed

[Samir Faci]

Scratch that, I stand corrected. Very nice find, I might check it out
at some point.

I should also mention.. though very much not user friendly (IMO ) ..
the majority of the BSD line uses
ports, which I'd consider rolling release.

PC-BSD might be the more friendly of the family. It might be worth
looking into.

[Patrick]

http://sourceforge.net/projects/obbackuprescue/?source=directory

The above could be expanded somewhat beyond it's intended
purposes. www.pclinuxos.com has an LXDE that is fully expandable.
I use it all the time.

regards,

patrick