It's a tradeoff. Doing a big effort once every 4 or 5 years, vs a hopefully smaller effort every year. Sometimes the intermediate smaller steps help you move fo

It's a tradeoff. Doing a big effort once every 4 or 5 years, vs a hopefully smaller effort every year. Sometimes the intermediate smaller steps help you move forward, sometimes it just means more migrations. Sometimes the software/hardware you need means you can't use a LTS OS at all. If possible, it's nicer to pick established, mature software for as much of your stack as you can, so that there's less of a difference in APIs over longer time frames. But it's not always possible.