Help choosing distro

Hi,

I just ordered an Skylake NUC and will run Linux on it.

My distro of choice has been Ubuntu but I am fed up with the release cycle and would like more of a rolling release. I would say I am an intermediate level Linux user.

It's going to be a HTPC, I want to have the latest kernels (4.6+). I will run Valve Steam, Plex Media Server (VDENC) and Kodi on there (files are stored on a Solaris NFS server).

What do you all think?

Has 16.04 got a semi-automated way to keep the kernel and packages for Steam, PMS and Kodi on the latest developer versions?

Thanks for looking.

Richard