On 4 July 2012 07:16, Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ... install Ubuntu (or one of its spin-offs.) Having a laptop with Gentoo > that wasn't updated for months looks to me like the wrong usage case for > Gentoo. If you want periods of several months of base package stability, > you do not use a rolling-release distro. With Gentoo you need to update > often and *pay attention* to the changes. > > > My experiences differ with this somewhat. The longest between updates on a Gentoo system I had was 18 months. I did *pay attention*, and that is what got me through and updated. I would not recommend this for most users.
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