On Sat, 2013-10-19 at 17:39 -0400, Sureyya Sahin wrote: > > > > Debian is stable because it goes through a long period of ensuring that > > the individual programs are stable before each version is released. This > > means that it is generally old when it is released. Some other > > distributions don't go through the same amount of stabilizing so they > > can be more up to date. > > > > This is the basic tradeoff. If you find Debian is too old for you, you > > can switch to a distro that releases newer packages. There are a lot of > > Debian derivatives that you can try without going through compiling your > > own code. Again, Ubuntu and Mint are both popular. > > > > > > > I am well-aware of what Debian can offer to me and what it cannot. By > choosing Debian I already accepted to use old software (not necessarily > optimized). I already read a lot about Debian before I gave it a try and > I am aware of the work done before every release. But this kind of a > problem I am having may be a show stopper to me... > > Unfortunately, both Ubuntu and Mint currently are not meeting my needs. > I am afraid if I want a modern distro, I will go with an RPM based one > because I don't see a Debian based alternative that would suit to my taste.
https://www.archlinux.org/ Absolutely in sync with upstream and more stable than Debian :p, but you have to set up Arch yourself. The install is without X, so without a DE. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /etc/issue Arch Linux \r (\l) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1382220407.705.34.camel@archlinux
