New Stack article on general vs. rolling releases

Hi: I am preparing an article on the pros and cons of general releases for The New Stack, both for users and for developers. Anyone have any thoughts? I may use any comments unless the sender specifically asks me not to. Thanks for any thoughts, -- Bruce Byfield 604.421.7189 (Pacific time

opinions of snappy packages

Hi: I am writing an article about the pros and cons of Ubuntu's snappy packages, which have recently been ported to a number of major distributions. If anyone has any experience with them, I would appreciate hearing their opinions, especially about how they compare to debs. Thanks, --