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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Mwa@thelemmy.club to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

yes i did a os one but i am wondering what distros do you guys use and why,for me cachyos its fast,flexible,has aur(I loved how easy installing apps was) without tinkering.

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[–] Lautaro@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been using Fedora for the last 5 years and never had to reinstall the OS. I've been upgrading with no issues whatsoever.

With Ubuntu, I had to reinstall everything on every update because of errors. Not on EVERY update of course, but often enough to make me want to stick to LTSs.

[–] xylogx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does Fedora have a long term support version? Last time I used it a decade ago I had to upgrade every 1-2 years.

[–] Lautaro@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

No LTS, they support each version for 1 year, and there are two major upgrades per year. I still haven't upgraded last October.

But I never had an issue, I always upgraded using the terminal instead of the GUI.