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by asciimov 1754 days ago
Stability of install.

New users probably shouldn't use a rolling release because updates can cause the install to be unbootable, leaving a bad impression of linux.

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What happens then is that the new Linux user soon needs a newer version of some package and they have to add a third party repo to their stable system and after having done this a few times, soon an update from one of them will cause the install to be unbootable.

I've had a way better experience with desktop Linux when using a managed rolling release like Manjaro.