On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:47:17 -0700
Michael Rasmussen <[email protected]> dijo:

>On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 07:45:56PM -0700, King Beowulf wrote:
>> Gentoo, Arch and similar, can have similar issues upgrading. It
>> helps if you *never* use wifi to upgrade - just plug in directly to
>> the modem/router
>> - NO network manager! 
>
>Arch very, very rarely has issues with upgrades. Mostly because best
>practice is to do a refresh often. I've found life in Arch land to be
>much less painful than any other distribution I've used. Truthfully I
>cannot recall the last upgrade related issue I've had. Compare to
>Ubuntu where I used LTS releases because the semi-annual upgrades were
>such a pain in the ass.

I have looked longingly at distros that use a rolling release, because
I agree that periodic dist-upgrades are a pain. But none of them offer
the ease of use, the presence in the marketplace, or the great
community resources of Ubuntu. 
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