Summary: Which Linux distribution is stable yet up-to-date

[Shlomi Fish]

Hello Yuval,


On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Yuval Adam <yuval at y3xz.com> wrote:

>
> >
> > I would recommend against Arch Linux because, like I said, its
> > installations can be left in an unusable state if one forgets to update
> > it frequently enough. I'm not sure about Void Linux as I never used it.
> >
>
> That's factually incorrect. If you current state is stable, it will
> remain stable for eternity as long as no updates are made and you do not
> attempy any foolish things like system-wide installations without using
> your package manager (why would a stable system become unstable otherwise?)
>
>
Sorry for being unclear, but by "unusable state" I meant that one can no
longer upgrade the system it using "pacman -Syu" (or whatever the command
is) because it gives errors. The system itself works fine but will run
outdated software applications (and often ones with known security
vulnerabilities). I had to decommission several Arch VMs due to this
problem, and it's a well-known problem for other people that can be found
using web searches.

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish

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