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Enterprises have different priorities from individual users who use Linux as a "daily driver". The last thing they would like to see is an upgrade disrupting their production, and many of them postpone upgrades unless required to. Enterprise Linux are expected to be predicable and companies like version numbers and golden images, and obviously a rolling release is not good at this. In short, Linux used by enterprises are treated as cattle that require minimum attention, but rolling release distros are like pets, which certainly are more delicate and fancy but at the same time require a lot more effort to care for.

There is no better or worse either way. Each distro has its own target audience. Arch is good as a personal work horse, but to charge money from enterprise users, LTS releases are needed.




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