A review of RR64 Linux, a distribution based on Gentoo with Xgl included. "While I will probably never move completely away from the Debian system, I think I have found a winner in RR64. I get along quite nicely with the Gentoo portage system, and I have found the Gentoo community extremely helpful and the documentation both on the DVD and online to be extensive and answer all questions I have had very clearly and concisely."
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Member since:2005-10-13
I don't have much experience with Ubuntu either, but I found this in the /etc/apt/sources.list file. I assume it has what you want.
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please not that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
Member since:
2006-02-03
You can still use your computer while the updates are compiling. Compiling from source isn't as painful as it may seem.
By the way, I have limited experience with Ubuntu, but it seemed like only security updates are backported to older releases. Getting new stuff seems to require using 3rd-party repositories or installing the new release. Is this really the case?