Upgrade Hell

I was 'forced' into upgrading Ubuntu on the server last night; there was a brief outage between 0800 and 0900.

I grow weary of the Ubuntu frequent-upgrade game.  Every six months, upgrade or lose out on support.  In view of the Shellshock vulnerability currently out there, that carries new weight.

Generally, when I install Linux, I install Debian.  It's got an upgrade cycle of once every two or three years.  I made a mistake opting for Ubuntu for the server, one which I'm determined to correct before the next Ubuntu upgrade cycle.  Which is due in about a month.

Because things go wrong when you upgrade.  Case in point:  through two upgrades now, Ubuntu has insisted on installing lxdm window manager, even though I run with kdm.  Now, it's true that a simple apt-get install kdm made short work of it; but still.

Stop the Ubuntu, I wanna get off.