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> rolling release That pretty much limits you to Debian unstable... Or Windows, if forcibly upgrading counts as "rolling." But wouldn't a rolling release be
by prewett 10y ago
> rolling release
That pretty much limits you to Debian unstable... Or Windows, if forcibly upgrading counts as "rolling."
But wouldn't a rolling release be the exact opposite of what you'd want if you want no changes, ever? And if that's the case, just don't upgrade macOS until Xcode forces you to, that usually gives you a few years. I stayed on Snow Leopard for years until Apple put a gun to my head, but Mavericks and Yosemite gave me no problems; everything worked just like it did before. (I still miss Snow Leopard, though...)
- pritambaral 10y agoDebian Unstable isn't the only rolling release distro. Another popular one I can think of Arch Linux. Typically, changes in rolling releases are easier to deal with. At any time, the change is smaller, so you don't have to be overwhelmed by a large number of changes all over the place, as is sometimes the case with versioned releases; and the changes are fresher, so your inputs to the developers who made the change are easier to apply.
- pimeys 10y agoExactly. And when your installation is quite minimal, there's a very small change the updates will mess anything up. My arch installation has been running without problems for years because I don't have any massive desktop environments installed and all the development services I need are launched through docker.