Fear of using a rolling release

colorpurple21859 · 10-25-2019, 10:21 AM

I usually wait a day or two before running an update to see if any issues are reportedi

xahodo · 10-28-2019, 10:23 AM

I'm currently on Solus. There are generally no issues. The only thing I will /never/ try again are snaps (one big problem factory), but I guess those are issues with the way the snap system is implemented.

YesItsMe · 10-28-2019, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ychaouche

2/ Any update has the potential to break your system, either by making it unusable (black screen, no more wifi...) or by making package installs impossible (the package manager breaks and I don't know how to fix it.)

That's why (e.g.) Gentoo Linux has a "stable" channel where only software which has been "ready" for long enough lands.

xahodo · 11-09-2019, 07:15 AM

-- Didn't see my own reply above, I apologize --

Mill J · 11-09-2019, 08:56 AM

In my experience if you don't "hold" packages, a rolling install seems to last a lot longer. Because usually you forget that you held a package and finally it messes up the system.