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    1 year ago

    Rolling release means I never have to reinstall linux. Unless it breaks and I don’t know how to fix it. So far It’s been 1 year on Arch.

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        1 year ago

        A rolling release Linux distribution continuously provides updates as they become available, without the need for an OS re-installation to get the latest released version.

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          You can update a standard release distribution just fine, no need to reinstall anything. It does basically the same thing as a rolling release, just not as often and more packages at once.

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        1 year ago

        That’s impressive! What’s your setup like, I’m assuming you don’t have too many unnecessary packages installed to minimize the time spent troubleshooting issues?