Long Term Support or Rolling Release? Below we will look at the differences and perhaps some myths about a big topic of users choosing Linux. Long Term Support or Rolling Release? Who needs long term support and who chooses rolling distributions?
Let's start with LTS. They are the releases used by servers and generally production machines. These particular distributions use older stable kernels, providing the reliability that businesses and servers seek. Naturally they can also be used by ordinary users who are not interested in the latest word of technology. 
We should note that in the event of a new release (let's say in the popular Long Term Support Ubuntu distribution), no one can say with certainty that if you upgrade your system it won't crash. Usually you should perform a fresh installation to be sure that your system will function.
The good thing about the above scenario is that you can install Ubuntu, for example, and forget about updates for 5 years. However, if you are on Windows and thinking about switching to Linux, this is not something that should concern you. I bet you will need to do a fresh installation before the distribution's support period ends.
Why?
Of course because we learn from our mistakes. However even if you don't make mistakes it is very likely that you will change distribution after a while as technology moves fast and you may see something that will pique your interest.
Regarding the misunderstood Rolling distributions, there is a lot of “hearing” on the internet. According to “experts” from earlier years, Rolling releases do not offer stability to the end user like the “armored” Long Term Support distributions. This may still be true for novice users, and it was certainly true much more in the past for novice and experienced users due to innovation. However, a rolling distribution does not mean a trial of a stable one. Every rolling distribution, and especially OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, has packages and in general an operating system that has been thoroughly tested many times before being released to the public. Yes, the “dangerous” version of OpenSUSE is Factory if you absolutely want to believe the experts who are against rolling distributions.
Let's be realistic, though:
Which beginner will install Arch Linux? Probably no one. The most likely scenario is a first experience with Ubuntu, or Mint, and even with these distributions, errors and reinstallations are lurking.
I have been using 3 different distributions on 2 computers for years. Manjaro, Fedora and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Two of the three distributions are rolling releases, but all three use cutting edge software, i.e. the latest that is released.
So, if you don't "play" with your system by trying new things, the three distributions mentioned above won't cause you any problem (the same applies to beginners with Windows). And because the devil is in the details, the three distributions (as are most larger ones) have communities that will give an answer to your question, even if you never ask it.
Thus, long‑term support distributions (Long Term Support) are not also “long‑lasting.” According to the above, a rolling distribution of the two we mentioned will fully meet your needs, and even with the latest word of technology.
Long Term Support or Rolling; the decision is yours. If you have a different opinion, we would gladly “listen” to it from the comments of the post..
