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this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2026
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Look at rolling releases. I've used Mint but at the time (maybe still today) some projects required the latest ROCm drivers, and Mint's repositories are just too slow to keep up with pace of AI. I decided to go with EndeavourOS since it's a fork of Arch so it's a rolling release, and you can keep up with the latest experimental AI hacks that are developed. The downside to a rolling release is that sometimes you update your computer and something stops working, like your sound drivers or Steam. But someone always finds a fix a few hours later. It doesn't happen every time. I generally update my system when I need to, so about every month or two. I use EndeavourOS as my daily driver actually, so it's not unstable at all. Anyway, look at rolling releases that have more than 1 maintainer. Look at their forum, see how helpful it is, etc.