When your read reviews of Linux distros, a lot of the time you will hear the terms, “Rolling release” and “Point release” a lot. A point release distro has many different versions, while a rolling release distro has one version, that gets continually updated, and you will never have to upgrade to a new release. Having a rolling release distro or a point release distro is one of the most important decisions when it comes to what Linux distro you want to use, so I am going to explain why you should consider using a rolling release or point release distro.
Not all security patches do actually make their way. Some are missed. But also latest releases may have new trivial security bugs (like latest apache httpd).
Security patches make their way to point release distros as well. You only miss features.
Not all security patches do actually make their way. Some are missed. But also latest releases may have new trivial security bugs (like latest apache httpd).
True but usually it takes much longer to get them.