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Do people with newer pcs prefer rolling release? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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What exactly is the point of rolling release? My pc (well, the cpu) is 15 years old, I dont need bleeding edge updates. Or is it for security ?

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[–] 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

I would say

Is this based on experience? Or are you guessing?

I ask because my lived experience is that rolling releases break less in practice

Before I used rolling releases, I spent more time dealing with bugs in old versions than I do fixing breakages in my rolling disto.

And non-rolling “upgrades” were always fraught with peril whereas I update my rolling release without any concern at all.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago*

    Upgrades is any security or big fix as well. Those tend to be quite safe in point release distros. Upgrading to a new point release version is has all the same problems the rolling release had over the same period all bundle in one messy upgrade (which makes them a huge pain to deal with as they often compound). But between those, the patch upgrades tend to be quite smooth.

    I would say the over a longer time period rolling release break in bigger way less often. But they tend to have more but smaller breakages that are easy to trivial to fix.

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