I am a Gentoo user. I prefer a minimal system that only has what I requested on it. I started getting tired of the upgrade process for Gentoo, however. On my servers, I don't mind it so much. On my laptop and desktop, I mind it a lot more. The longer you go without updating the world, the more problems occur when you finally update the world. For my desktop, I don't use it that often so it was always in a bad state. For my laptop, I didn't want to spend the processing power to compile everything. I decided to migrate to Ubuntu for my desktop a few months ago. When I got my new laptop, I decided to install Ubuntu in it.
Although it is nice that software upgrades are so effortless, I find it annoying that there is always something to update. Every time I turn my laptop on or go to my desktop, there is more software that wants to be updated. It feels like Ubuntu wants to update very single day. I realize that it isn't actually Ubuntu that is constantly writing software updates. The software that comes with Ubuntu is maintained by other people. The problem is Ubuntu installs so much software onto my computer, that there is always something to update.
When you install Gentoo, you only get the software that is required to boot up. If you want anything else, you have to decide to install it. This minimalistic approach means there is very little bloat. The only shared libraries installed are the ones that your current software requires. I wish Ubuntu had an option for a minimal install.
OpenSuSE. Then do like I do and script zypper with cron so it updates transparently in the background. I never actually see the update unless it detects it would break a depwndancy or requires a license or branch agreement.
ReplyDeleteI will try it out in a VM when I get a chance. I haven't used Suse in 8 years
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