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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Which distro with rolling release do you prefer?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I used Manjaro in 2015 for about a year before switching to Arch and sticking with that for a long time. Recently I tried EndeavorOS for a few months, then I switched to Void just to try it.

I can solidly recommend either Arch or Void.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I like EndeavourOS (Arch based) and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (or Gecko Linux). But if you prefer sticking with apt based distro Debian Sid is a rolling release.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Check out Linux Mint Debian Edition, if it still exists. It was also rolling release.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fedora is cool, I also want to try SUSE and endeavor though so I can't speak on those yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does fedora have a rolling version?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/#_rawhide

I think this counts but tbh I could be misunderstanding something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I forgot about rawhide. But it's not really intended for the general public, similar to debian testing, isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I think so, but from what I hear it is pretty stable, enough to use. I'd keep backups of important files, but I do that anyway. I use the Branched release myself, but an aquaintance of mine uses rawhide.