Long Term Support or Rolling Long Support or Rolling Distribution

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 the long one and who chooses rolling distributions?

Let's start with LTS. They are the versions used by the servers and in general the production lines. These distributions use older stable kernels, offering the reliability that businesses and servers demand. Of course they can also be used by ordinary users who are not interested in the latest technology. Long Term Support

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.

As for the misunderstood Rolling distributions, a lot is "heard" on the internet. 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 be true for newbies, and it certainly was much more true in the past for newbies and experienced users because of the novelty. Rolling distribution, however, does not mean a trial of something fixed. Every rolling distribution and especially OpenSUSE they have packages and in general an operating system that before being released to the public has been thoroughly tested many times. Yes the “dangerous” version of OpenSUSE is Factory if you really want to believe the experts who are against rolling distributions.

But let's be realistic:

Which novice will install Arch Linux? Probably no one. The most likely scenario is a first experience with Ubuntu, or Mint, which even with these distributions mistakes and reinstallations lurk.
I've been using 3 different distros on 2 computers for years. Manjaro, Fedora and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Two out of three distributions are rolling but all three use cutting edge , i.e. the last one in circulation.

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 point of view, please "listen" to it from the comments of the post ..

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