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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Do people with newer pcs prefer rolling release? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 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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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

            
              I like having the upstream versions of software instead of it being patched by package maintainers.
I like having up to date software. It means that issue trackers for software I use are relevant
Doing distro upgrades when they end support never works gracefully and i have to completely reinstall. I'd rather just use a rolling release which in practice works and is supported indefinitely
I do like bleeding edge updates. For wine for instance

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, Point 1 here is exactly why I moved from Ubuntu to Arch ~10 years ago.

I was trying to get something working and found that the bug / feature had been fixed ~1 year earlier, but that version wasn't in the repos... I couldn't move forwards.

With Arch, all is well. And, I'm either reporting new bugs and helping to get things fixed, or I'm updating the wiki with any changes I notice.