List of rolling release distros?

[hank863]

I have come to realize that I prefer rolling release distros over a standard 6 month release cycle. I love being on the bleeding edge of technology. Could anyone provide me with a list of rolling release Linux distros?

[namegame]

Arch is probably one of the best known rolling release distributions out there.

[Bachstelze]

Be careful, though, just because a distro doesn't have "real" releases doesn't mean you will allways have stuff packaged in the repos just a few hours after it is released. Even in Arch, Gentoo or Debian Sid, you will sometimes have to wait weeks or even months before packages are made.

[MONODA]

if you want REAL BLEEDING edge try debian experimental ;)
I recommend arch linux.

[Bachstelze]

if you want REAL BLEEDING edge try debian experimental ;)

In Experimental as well. The only way to always have the latest versions of your software is to build from source (after all, that's what it's for).

[hank863]

I've tried Arch before. I had a horrible time setting up my Atheros AR5007 wifi. It was a great system, though. I may look back into it.

[eragon100]

Foresight linux is another one :wink:

[mthei]

Sidux is based on Debian Sid, but it has a special script for upgrading that is supposed to keep package breakage to a minimum.
Or there's Debian Testing, which is also considered a rolling release (as long as your repos say "testing" as opposed to "Lenny", which it currently does).
I believe PCLinuxOS is also rolling release, but it may take a few weeks before a package gets into the repos, but only because they go for stability as well.
And I guess Gentoo is the best known of them all.

[benerivo]

I don't know of a list of rolling release distros, but you can check here (http://distrowatch.com/search.php) what package is available in each distro.

[crimesaucer]

I like Archlinux using the testing repositories, and then building the newest packages from the AUR for bleeding edge.....


Lately I've been using a bleeding edge kernel (zenmm-git 2.6.27-rc-1) and it kind of made my system upgrade weird because of the kernel being 2.6.27.


I'm thinking about switching to a complete Gentoo install but I'm feeling too lazy.

[Antman]

+1 for Sidux

[tdrusk]

PCLinuxOS. 2008 is supposed to come out soon.

[vinay.v]

Arch Linux.
It is the best rolling release distribution I have used. Well, thinking about it, it is the best distribution I have used till date.

It is very much cutting edge, with packages added soon after they are released. It has a large number of packages in the repository. But it is also perfectly rock solid. I have been using Arch for over 3 months now and it is rock solid. Everything works perfectly fine. No crashes, or other problems. And I update the system almost everyday! (For the record, I also have Ubuntu, which I rarely boot into these days)

A word of caution: Arch is not for newbies. If you don't like tinkering a bit from the command line, I suggest you stay with Ubuntu (or any other distro).

I have tried Gentoo a couple of times. Both times, I ended up being frustrated as it takes a hell lot of time to compile packages (kde took me more than a day). Arch offers you the best of both. Use pacman to install the latest binaries of a package from the repository, or else, if you prefer it, download the PKGBUILD and build the package from source (just like in Gentoo).

Regards,
Vinay

[Hallvor]

PCLinuxOS. 2008 is supposed to come out soon.


I think they`ll call it PCLinuxOS 2009. The repositories are frozen now until they release the new version.

But you can still use PCLinuxOS 2007 and then upgrade everything from Synaptic - you`ll run a new version, but with an older kernel. Newer kernels are found in Synaptic.

There is also a community PClinuxOS Gnome edition that is a rolling relase.

TinyMe is a very lightweight rolling relase distro that uses the PCLinuxOS repositories.

For more advanced users there is Sidux, essentially a modified Debian Sid.

Not to mention Arch Linux.