Long Term Support or Rolling Release? Below we will see differences and maybe some myths about a big issue of users who choose Linux. Long Term Support or Rolling Release? Who needs long support and who selects roll-out?
Let's start with LTS. These are the versions used by servers and production machinery in general. These distributions use older fixed kernels, offering the reliability that businesses and servers seek. Of course they can also be used by ordinary users who are not interested in the latest technology.
Note that if a new release is released (say in popular Ubuntu Long Term Support, no one can say for sure that if you upgraded your system it will not crash.) You will usually need to make a fresh installation to make sure that your system will work.
The good thing in the above scenario is that you can install Ubuntu for example and forget the upgrades for 5 years. But if you're in Windows and you're thinking about changing to Linux, that's not something you should be worried about. I bet you will need to make a new installation before the distribution support time is over.
Why
Of course, we learn from our mistakes. But even if you do not make mistakes, it is very likely that you will change distribution after some time as the technology runs and you may see something that will interest you.
Regarding the misunderstood Rolling distributions, there is a lot of "hearing" in the dianetwork. According to "experts" of earlier times, Rolling releases do not offer stability to the end user like "armored" Long Term Support distributions. It may still apply to novice users, and it certainly applied much more to novice and experienced users in the past because of the innovation. Rolling distribution, however, does not mean testing a fixed one. Every rolling distribution and especially OpenSUSE Tumbleweed have packages and in general an operating system that before being released to the public has been thoroughly checked many times. Yes, the "dangerous" version of OpenSUSE is Factory if you really want to believe the experts who are against rolling stock.
But let's be realistic:
Which beginner will install it Arch Linux; Probably no one. The most likely scenario is a first experience with Ubuntu, or Mint, that even with these distributions bugs and reinstalls lurk.
Χρησιμοποιώ εδώ και χρόνια 3 διαφορετικές διανομές σε 2 υπολογιστές. Manjaro, Fedora και OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Οι δύο από τρεις διανομές είναι κυλιόμενες αλλά και οι τρεις χρησιμοποιούν cutting edge λογισμικό, δηλαδή το τελευταίο που κυκλοφορεί.
Well if you do not "play" with your system trying new things and the above three distributions will not present you with any problems (the same goes for beginners with Windows). And because the devil is in the details, all three distributions (like most large ones) have communities that will answer your question, even if you never do.
So Long Term Support distributions are not "long term distributions." According to the above, a rolling distribution of these two that we mentioned will perfectly serve your needs and in fact with the latest technology.
Long Term Support or Rolling? the decision is yours. If you have a different opinion, we would be happy to "hear" it from the comments of publication..