My bad, I meant “known major issues”. If minor issues are not fixed, they document it on release note. But, at no point any fixed release distro ever released breaking changes “knowingly”.

Are you familiar with the term “Regression testing”?

Bugs are of two types - known (found during testing by Distro maintainer) and unknown.

Fixed release fixes known bugs before pushing packages.

It is following the standard development life cycle.

Wayland or X11?

Just to reiterate the same point - in fixed release, a package version is not released until all known issues are resolved.

At no point, it is end user responsibility to bother checking anything before installing a new version.

taking any action required no matter the os

This is not really true for fixed release distros. I can’t remember when was the last time I had to read through the release note before Ubuntu version upgrade, or upgrading any package.

Rule of Thumb: if your use case is not satisfied by your current Distro, then move to the one that does.

Arch or rolling release distros are great if you want latest version of software/packages as soon as possible. Downside is you need to put more effort/time to maintain it by yourself.

On the other hand, fixed release distros (e.g. Debian) doesn’t offer latest packages immediately. But, given that packages are tested for distro release, so you will have a more stable (in relative term) system for yourself with minimal effort.

I used to like rolling release distros on my college days as I had plenty of time back then. Now, I’m settled on fixed release ditro as it suits my current use case.

Ubuntu.

Why? - I guess I’m too lazy for distro hopping now :(

Besides, this was the 1st Linux distro I tried back in 2005. After the usual ditro hopping phase was over, I settled on it; somehow (irrespective of snap and other controversies) I feel at home.

It’s an open source product, in case you have concern about possibility of malicious code embedded within it.

For gaming on Linux, use latest release (e.g. v575) of Nvidia driver. And for everything else stick to production release (e.g. v570).

If you have read the article, then this is more akin to switching from using two condoms to just one.

While that’s true, but the main issue here is the unavailability of frequent security patches that Fedora now appears to be attempting to solve with X11Libre.

Playing was almost as thrilling as seeing it work.

This is GOLD!

You can use Cosmic DE on any device that can run Linux. You do NOT need to purchase System76 laptops for that.

Stick to Production version of Nvidia Linux driver - v550, v570. I’m using v570 on Ubuntu 25.04, no issue in either day to day work or in gaming.

It’s a planned post-launch feature!

Source: https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird/114297443075434009

NVIDIA’s confidential computing

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/what-is-confidential-computing/

Did you compile the kernel by yourself, or used Mainline to install?

Operated by MZLA Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, Thunderbird is an independent, community-driven project that is managed and overseen by the Thunderbird Council, which is elected by the Thunderbird community.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Thunderbird

Yes, Gnome extensions shall be impacted once again for sure. But, at least that is not a deal breaker for me.