A rolling release beats fixed release regardless of how you upgrade.
Could you share some examples about what distro(s) applies that approach?
Thanks in advance
With Mint, an upgrade within the release ( 22.1 to 22.2) works very well. I have perform the upgrade path within a release many times with out any problems.
Going from one release to another, clean install is best.
My favourite rolling release distro is Void Linux. I have not done an install of Void for more than 5 years. I update it fortnigtly using the xbps package system .
Only ever had one update issue which was simply fixed by deleting a package.
Void is an independent distro ⌠ie not a derivative of any major disto. Void uses the runit init system.
My other rolling release distro is Artix ⌠it is Arch based but non-systemd. I have used Artix for some major programming exercises. It is reliable. Artix uses the pacman package system. Arch itself is , of course rolling release, and its other derivatives like Manjaro.
My Gentoo is, of course , rolling release. It uses the portage package system, which is probably THE best package system of all. My Gentoo uses OpenRC init system.
Another good rolling release distro is Solus. I used it for several years in the past, but abandoned it because it was systemd.
OpenSUSE offer a rolling release called Tumbleweed.
It is difficult to get a Debian based rolling release. The closest would be Rhino which is Ubuntu based. You can use Debian testing
A rolling release is a good choice for very new hardware⌠because it will have the latest kernel and driver modules .
FreeBSD could be considered rolling release. It separates system upgrades from package upgrades. System upgrades ( which includes kernel, modules, and utilities) can be rolled forwards or backwards across any number of releases . Yes Freebsdâs version of rolling release has a reverse gear.
Package upgrades are separate and will roll if you let them.
Rolling release is eternal LTS. Supported forever.
As usual Neville
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