• Neko the gamer@sh.itjust.worksOP
    93·
    1 year ago

    is there a way to make it work like a rolling release of sorts? i’d want to use debian, but i don’t want to stay with old packages and wait 2 years for an update

    • Wulff@sh.itjust.works
      13·
      1 year ago

      You could use debian testing. It’s a somewhat “rolling-release” model. You will get more up to date packages with more stability too.

      You could also use unstable, but I wouldn’t recommend it personally.

      Edit: if you really need the most up to date version of some packages, you can pin them to use the unstable repo. This would be a pretty reasonable solution.

    • lwe@feddit.de
      8·
      1 year ago

      You could just go with Debian unstable. I rarely ran into issues while running it in a rolling release style.

      Debian testing might also work for you. But it will have a freeze window before each release.

      • this_is_router@feddit.de
        2·
        1 year ago

        As will have debian unstable. That’s the way it goes, for a few months every few years it slows down until the new stable gets released. Testing is just 10 days after unstable to avoid the biggest bugs.

        Never had big problems with debian unstable in 15 years though, as long as you use apt-listbugs