In this video, I answer the eternal question LTS vs Rolling Release and which one is better for Linux desktop.
Timeshift Backup in Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-lMJHcjCVs .
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@3:25 Easy, you use flatpaks, snaps and appimages for the latest and greatest because it keeps your system clean and most likely doesn't break anything and ppas in a few instances. As the Americans say, you cannot have your cake and eat it, too. Blleeding edge ultimately leads to bloody noses and app container aren't bloody enough for those with the newest gadgets. 😊
Arch Linux with LTS has fully up-to-date packages, so i get the stability and the bleeding-edge software.. kinda good
This mic setup is trash. But good info.
EndeavorOS for me
User-facing software should not be tied to distribution. When I want to get newer version of Thunderbird I shouldn't be forced to update anything else. And shared libs should be in multiple versions, depending on what particular version of particular program needs. And distribution author shouldn't even think about Thunderbird – it's Mozilla that should define its program and dependencies in some common format. Ah, perfect world.
I've got a doubt, could an LTS distro perform better than a rolling release distro? Or rolling performs better due to newer software, kernel and packages? I've got this doubt since rolling release is more risky and prone to issues.
All systems should be mainly focused on stability
is ubuntu good for first full on pc instalation? I have experience with linux thru virtual machine with kali but now I want to switch fully to linux what should I install? Thinking of ubuntu because it look really nice
This is the stereotypical Linux user lol. Talking about Linux anytime anywhere.
I'm totally new to Linux.. I have a question when you say LTS doesn't get the newest features you mean OS features or the apss updates, for example if I'm using LTS version and a new update for gimp came out will I be able to get it or not?
Can you run manjaro and update weekly to avoid system breaks?
Opensuse Tumbleweed works great!
All of your videos are aimed at either a totally new user, or someone who's experienced, but how do you manage repositories? Not just add new ones, but update, remove, catch and fix errors, or even rollback to an old version without too much disruption to your system. I'm getting errors when I try to update.
Also what is the easiest way to track and manage the installed software when faced with all the different package management tools (apt, snap, pacman, etc)?
I use Arch and have to Kernels installed so I can easily switch to my LTS Kernel and focus on rescuing my Kernel or looking for a downgrade possibility, so I have the latest and greatest but the safety of an LTS Kernel.
Manjaro i3 installed minutes after the iso was downloaded asked me to update 2GB of packages… You know what? It stocked and never booted again. I could repair it but I do not like this kind of things often. Debian is the rock to rest upon it.
Gentoo not arch. Funtoo is better than Gentoo. It ships with a pre built Debian kernel, and is a roller for some packages
"Constantly up to date" => Constantly breaking
Not all rolling release distros are constantly "bleeding edge." PCLInuxOS is like this; it's built for stability, so new software has been well tested before going on the PCLOS repos. As I've watched your videos, I believe you've never tried PCLInuxOS. When the rolling release model is done right, it's the best best model for desktop Linux, IMO. LTS is best for low maintenance servers. PCLinuxOS is the best implementation of the KDE desktop I've found, and it also comes with MATE, and LXDE desktops, plus community releases with XFCE, Cinnamon, and Trinity (KDE3 fork) desktops. I use PCLOS mainly because it's a highly stable rolling release distro, plus it's highly hardware compatible. That's how I found PCLOS. I had a PC with nVidia graphics and chipset. No Debian based distro had the right drivers to run the chipset (primitive video, and no network as the CPU couldn't talk to the south bridge), PCLOS had the proprietary drivers I needed to make that PC run. I update every seven to ten days, so I always have the latest version, and PCLOS rarely ever breaks. PCLOS does the rolling release model, and the KDE desktop absolutely right.
5:09 I checked the description, but there is no mentioning of the LIQUORIX kernel.
Good video, mate. Is that SNOW on that mountain behind you? You’re definitely not in South Australia! Take care…thanks for making these informative videos.
Everytime the world delves into chaos and instability (e.g. WWII), the matrix is on an unstable kernel. When there's divide in regions and peace in others or a mixture of both, it's the rolling release kernel. When temporary peace has been achieved due to necessity by the powers that be, it's the LTS kernel.
Canonical now pushing rolling HWE stack for Ubuntu LTS, which gives fresh core and X
I use manjaro, but I only upgrade about half or one year (after a full backup of cause). For the last 3 years it has been working alright. but I probably should change to an LTS thing.
I don't see the point of a 5 year support, every install I ever had broke in less than 6 months 😂
Long Term Suport release
For work stuff I use lts in a VM. As an added bonus if you screw up you can do snapshots
I run linspire 8 ce 2019 on dell poweredge r710 it nice I have 7 hdds running non raid as 1 mbr 3.4tb filesystem lvm2
You need a neck beard & a belly 🤣
Arch running on my system 5 years 6 months and counting 🙂
This is purely anecdotal…but I ran Antergos (Arch) for 1 year using the Xfce desktop and only experienced 1 minor breakage issue. Then I ran Antergos with KDE and I had some significant breakage issues in the first 2 months. So maybe breakage has something to do with desktop environment. Can anyone else corroborate?
Sounds like you need Manjaro which by design lags behind Arch Linux 2-3weeks … And it's based on ArchLinux
I ran arch and manjaro for a few years without any major breakage. I had more issues with certain packages or software breaking but the actual system was rock solid. Atm I’m trying tumbleweed to see how that goes.
I run Manjaro for 4 years and so far it never broke or at least not beyond repair. I run unstable or testing branch so it happened it had bugged grub update and I downloaded it. Had to boot into live usb, manjaro chroot and do an update once again (with the fix that came 1 hour later). Not a real biggie. So I still have my old installed system, constantly updating, doing some basic maintenance, all is well. Manjaro is super solid and stable for me. Of course, timeshift and backups are a must on the rolling release, even if nothing happens for a so long time.
In my experience hardware problems are more prevalent…
So how do you rescue a system with snapshots ? Especially if home is a snapshot ?
I have been upgrading an openSuse system from 10.2 to Leap 15.1 (which has aggressive snapshotting) and regular copying (tar) of home (to another disk) is imperative whilst trying to migrate kmail.
For a 'long' term release Leap seems to have updates almost every day :eek (perhaps it is a tumbleweed for the first few weeks!)
In my experience hardware problems are more prevalent …
so for example how do you rescue a system with snapshots ?