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Ubuntu becomes a rolling release with Rolling Rhino

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 27th of March 2022 04:36:11 AM Filed under
Ubuntu

Since its first release in 2004, Ubuntu has produced releases twice per year and while the 20th anniversary of Ubuntu is only two years away, the release cycle hasn’t changed. Of course, a 6 month release cycle was nothing new when Ubuntu burst onto the scene. Fedora has been doing it for longer, though not following nearly as strict of a schedule. But there was a black horse on the horizon that carved its own niche from the already miniscule Gentoo user base. That distribution was Arch Linux.

While there are many positive qualities that would draw a user into the world of Arch, its headlining feature would be the one that remains the most relevant in today’s world of continuous integration and delivery and that’s its rolling release strategy. While I don’t think Judd Vinet could have predicted the proliferation of DevOps or the massive shift to cloud computing, it must be interesting to see that the entire industry is following the Arch strategy in all sorts of different places. One could even argue that Microsoft Windows has become a rolling release.

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Also: Ubuntu Finally Switches to Rolling Releases - Slashdot

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Very OLD news

Submitted by Marius Nestor on Sunday 27th of March 2022 04:52:00 AM.

This news is from 2 years ago... https://9to5linux.com/you-can-now-transform-ubuntu-into-a-rolling-release-with-rolling-rhino

Something about this smelled wrong

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 27th of March 2022 07:10:01 AM.

Something about this smelled wrong. Slashdot fell for it.

Rolling Rhino: A rolling-release remix of Ubuntu

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 30th of March 2022 02:04:53 PM.
  • Rolling Rhino: A rolling-release remix of Ubuntu

    Rolling Rhino is a new community remix of Ubuntu, but with a unique twist: it has a whole new release model, rather than just a different desktop.

    The new remix builds upon a tool of the same name. The Rolling Rhino script converts an installation of one of Ubuntu's daily images into a rolling release by setting it to track the devel branch of the distro. The Rolling Rhino remix simplifies this process somewhat by allowing you to install the distro already configured in the relevant way.

    The new flavor is the brainchild of MrBeeBenson, building on work by Martin Wimpress, who is the project leader of the Ubuntu MATE remix.

    There are several rolling-release distros out there already, of course. Arch Linux recently hit 20 years old, while openSUSE Tumbleweed has been around since 2014. Both are designed and conceived as rolling releases and don't have stable versions. Instead, there are just periodic snapshot releases, so you can jump onto the conveyor belt starting from a fairly recent basis.

How to Switch to Ubuntu Rolling Rhino

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 21st of April 2022 08:09:07 AM.
  • How to Switch to Ubuntu Rolling Rhino: A Rolling Release Version of Ubuntu

    Ubuntu may be the most popular version of desktop Linux, but it's not the best option for keeping up with the latest software. New Ubuntu releases come out every six months, with most of the software frozen in time until the next release. To receive the latest updates as soon as they're available, many people turn to a rolling release distribution, such as Arch Linux.

    Now you don't have to ditch Ubuntu to stay on the bleeding edge of software updates. There's a new version, called Rolling Rhino, that brings the rolling release experience to your Ubuntu desktop.

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