If I could go back and change one thing about the distribution it would be its release model. Instead of rolling release where maintainers are forced to work within the constant churn of new software versions and ever moving targets, I believe it would’ve been better to make a focused and polished release every three months.

This is what I’ve come to like about the BSDs. They have polish and cohesion. Something sorely lacking in Linux distributions which feel and act as though they are disjointed and haphazardly constructed (because they are).

Focus should not only be on each piece of software making up the distribution but also on what the resulting compilation of them looks like. Software shouldn’t be installed, it should be integrated.

— Dylan Araps, KISS Linux Retrospective, 2026