So I've been watching DT's channel for a little while now, love his content!
I came across this video a little while ago:
Here he mentions about recommending rolling releases to new users.
Personally, I am not really sure if this is a great idea, I understand the reasons for it, like being on the latest kernel, latest versions of packages, etc... but I still cannot agree with the fact that with rolling releases, you always have a risk for breaking the system/apps by doing updates, for new users, that might be a huge turn off if they have to spend time troubleshooting various different packages to get their games to work, or to get their sound to work, etc...
For people who enjoy tinkering around like myself and I am sure many of the folks here, I dont see that an issue, but I just cant personally recommend a rolling release to a new Linux user unless I know they will enjoy troubleshooting and learning Linux.
Did I miss something here?
I came across this video a little while ago:
Here he mentions about recommending rolling releases to new users.
Personally, I am not really sure if this is a great idea, I understand the reasons for it, like being on the latest kernel, latest versions of packages, etc... but I still cannot agree with the fact that with rolling releases, you always have a risk for breaking the system/apps by doing updates, for new users, that might be a huge turn off if they have to spend time troubleshooting various different packages to get their games to work, or to get their sound to work, etc...
For people who enjoy tinkering around like myself and I am sure many of the folks here, I dont see that an issue, but I just cant personally recommend a rolling release to a new Linux user unless I know they will enjoy troubleshooting and learning Linux.
Did I miss something here?