Μafter 20 years or so, the Ubuntu distribution is finally changing update cycles and becoming a "rolling" release, just like the Arch Linux distribution is being updated.
While there are many positives to Arch's world, the rolling distribution feature is what sets it apart. Although I do not think that Judd Vinet (creator of Arch Linux) could predict the success of his distribution or the reversal of some distributions in rolling computing, it will be interesting to see if the whole industry follows the strategy of Arch Linux.
As we mentioned earlier, Microsoft has adopted one rolling update model in Windows.
Since its first release in 2004, Ubuntu has released two versions a year Even today the release cycle of the distribution has not changed. Of course, a 6-month release cycle was nothing new when Ubuntu was released, since the distribution existed Fedora, although it does not consistently follow the same strict program.
Somewhere here comes rolling rhinoceros which turns Ubuntu into a rolling distribution.
How does it work?
Σύμφωνα με την τεκμηρίωση, επιτυγχάνεται κυρίως με την παρακολούθηση των αποθετηρίων "devel", που υπάρχουν για κάθε κυκλοφορία αλλά δεν χρησιμοποιούνται συχνά στην παρtreatment.
If you are interested you should start with a modified one picture of Ubuntu you can find here. The distribution should then be "initialized" by following the steps that described in the documentation.
Finally, you should use their modified 'rhino-update' command, which extends apt's capabilities and allows the distribution to be updated outside of the time of a traditional Ubuntu release.
