Long Term Support or rolling release; Below we will look at differences and perhaps some myths about a big topic of users choosing Linux. Long Term Support or Rolling Release? Who needs long support and who selects roll-out?
Let's start with LTS. They are the versions used by the servers and generally the production machines. These distributions use older stable kernels, offering the reliability that businesses and servers demand. Of course they can also be used by ordinary people 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 about the above scenario is that you can install Ubuntu for example and forget about upgrades for 5 years. But if you are in Windows and thinking about switching to Linux, this is not something you should worry about. I bet you'll need to do a fresh install before the distro's support time is up.
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 Tumbleweed have packages and generally an operating system system which before being released to the public has been thoroughly tested and many times over. 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 have been using 3 for years on different distributions on 2 computers. Manjaro, Fedora and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Two out of three distributions are rolling out but all three use cutting edge software, the latest one to be released.
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 ..