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joe200 · 2024-06-01T05:18:08

Use Debian Testing. This is the _rolling_ release from the Debian family.

And don't be fooled by the name of the release: "Testing". The name "Testing" exists due to an orthodox approach of Debian community that only the Debian stable can use "stable".

mkesper · 2024-06-01T13:16:21

Testing is not really a rolling release and is not guaranteed to get security updates in a timely manner so it's certainly not for everyone.

joe200 · 2024-06-04T06:25:25

Testing is a rolling release for most of the time. As well as Sid is:

Sid [rolling] -> Testing [rolling] -> Stable [point release]

mkesper · 2024-06-04T06:34:36

This is only true until testing gets frozen. After a freeze gets lifted again, many transitions might occur. I use it myself but it's wrong to call it a rolling release that everyone should use.

deadbunny · 2024-06-01T13:46:18

testing is absolutely not a rolling release. Sure it gets new packages faster than stable which can appear to be the same as a rolling release it gets frozen before a stable release and suddenly it's not a rolling release.

joe200 · 2024-06-04T06:34:07

So to describe it precisly: Debian Testing is a rolling release for majority of time. When the Stable is going to be released, Testing gets frozen for a while. But then it becomes the rolling release again. Debian stable gets released once in ~2 years. So once in ~2 years Debian testing is not a rolling release.

Kwpolska · 2024-06-01T07:27:22

And ignore the orthodox Debianeers who say "nobody should be using testing".

attentive · 2024-06-01T19:01:52

Fedora isn't more rolling than Debian. That is both have rolling testing vs rawhide but otherwise they are not.