For servers? Yeah, I'd agree with you. For desktops / laptops, I think either approach can work, depending on your personal preferences. If you prefer a big u

For servers? Yeah, I'd agree with you. For desktops / laptops, I think either approach can work, depending on your personal preferences. If you prefer a big update that you can schedule, and are okay with setting aside a few days every year or two, and are okay with a repository that gives you "stable" application software that may be quite old, then a release-based distribution might work better for you. If you'd rather deal with smaller updates, and if you like having a repository that delivers application software updates closer to when they're released upstream, then a rolling release might work better for you.