The version number of 16.04.22 would appear to indicate that it is
likely based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, which is a 2-year release cycle. So
it's not a rolling release, but sees upgrades every two years rather
than every six months. That said, the trade-off is that many of its
software packages - whatever aren't kept updated by the Accessible
Coconut maintainers - will be quite a bit older than something like
TalkingArch, or even something based on Debian Unstable or testing. This
is also one of those rare instances where Ubuntu LTS is pretty far
behind Debian Stable, now Stretch, which is only about three or four
months old, whereas Ubuntu LTS is now just over a year and a half old.
Depending on what you do with the machine, older can sometimes be
better, especially since security updates will be applied for the next I
believe two years. However, if you do a lot of things that rely on the
latest software, TalkingArch, Fedora Rawhide, OpenSuse Tumbleweed,
Debian testing or unstable, etc may work better for you, as the packages
are usually the latest available, and all those are considered rolling
releases, so don't need to be fully upgraded every six months Of course
the trade-off is the fact that the software you get may suffer from
regressions or other bugs that aren't necessarily caught in time, and
pop up later as more people test them.
Imetumwa kutoka kitanda changu
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