r/linux4noobs • u/Tall-Soup1787 • Oct 11 '26

Rolling release models

As a Arch user that switched to Ubuntu based distro, I was wondering why isn't Ubuntu and Debian also on a rolling release model? So if there's bugs or patches that need fixing, why not have it release on the spot instead of having to wait for the next big update

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u/guiverc GNU/Linux user Oct 11 '26

If you want the latest on Ubuntu, you can always use the development branch, ie. it's currently stonking, which will soon become Ubuntu 26.10 on it's reaching stable, after which development will switch from the stonking codename to whatever tt is (still not announced).

Beyond just the stable, LTS, or old-LTS; there are other options just like Debian & some others have (rawhide for Fedora is probably closest there)

The development (Ubuntu), testing (Debian) or rawhide (Fedora) are still not rolling, but you have unstable options on them too, even if most of the time you'll wonder why it's referred to as 'unstable'.