Please let's not talk about linux distributions. Most of what you say is wrong.
TexLive releases once a year. So does Ubuntu. There is an effort to synchronize, so as a result a given ubuntu release almost always contains the 'latest' texlive release. Further, the whole point of the apt-get system is that you can do 'rolling' releases. I run debian/unstable, so I always have the latest texlive bits. If you are using a long term stable release, you have specifically elected to freeze your packages and only get security updates. That's your choice. Yes, I'm not getting them my tex bits straight from CTAN, but the distro packagers are pretty on-the-ball. Let's not insult them unnecessarily. --scott ps. see http://www.tug.org/texlive/distro.html if you have further questions. -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
