I have been some bad times this year on my dev machines. First was ubuntu 21.04 which was out of date that I have no idea. I tried to update it later manually and it went bad. And another was my centos which use py3.6 as system python and I can not update it because I need new version for some work. These are bad feelings that I got this year. I just want a long live dev OS.<p>what is your opotion?
You'll get a hundred different answers, but yeah, just get a Mac.<p>Yesyes, it'll cost more upfront, yesyes it has its own quirks, yesyes Apple bad boo hiss etc. etc., but still - to your last point: a long-lived dev OS, combined with nigh-untouchably-good hardware integration (note: <i>integration</i>, not 'the fastest thing nvidia/amd pushed out of the factory last week')?<p>Get a Mac. M2 Macbook Air is amazing:<p><a href="https://www.apple.com/macbook-air-m2/" rel="nofollow">https://www.apple.com/macbook-air-m2/</a>
You do know that you don't have to use the system version of python don't you? You can always install a newer version and then select which one you use for which task.<p>If you want the system packages on your OS to jump up to new versions as time goes by then you want to look at a Rolling Release distributions (e.g. Arch).<p>Alternatively you can use Debian with either Stable, Testing or Unstable as the source rather than a traditional named version (Note: research this before trying it so you understand the risks that you are taking).
I abandoned Ubuntu several years ago. I'm finding Debian 11.5 (Bullseye) robust and reliable. Python is v3.9.2. which new enough for my purposes. You can of course, download and install v3.10 or v3.11 and configure pyenv.<p>I would love to use a Mac, but I'm wary of Apple's consumer oriented locking down of features. When I worked for some large corps, was issued with Windows laptops - compared to Debian it was a nightmare.
Crystal Linux. It is a arch based OS which means you get to take advantage of the huge amount of packages in the AUR with the added benefit of being easy to install and sensible defaults.<p>It comes with amethyst (`ame`) as AUR helper pre-installed, which is also in my opinion the best AUR helper out right now (and it's written in Rust!).<p>Automatic BTRFS snapshots before package upgrades have saved my butt once already and I couldn't live without them.<p>100% recommended
I personally use a combination of Void and Alpine Linuxes on all of my systems, which I realize is a perhaps far-off-the-beaten-path nerdery option, but I thrive in power user environments that invite me to tinker, and couldn't see myself using much else (short of Gentoo, which I left to reduce my tinker time a bit, or a BSD)
KDE Neon. I love KDE Activities I setup a sperate activity for my main job, freelance work and Personal Usage(Non work related). I have seprate Desktop Folder for every activity and Wallpaper. Each Desktop have shortcuts to applications I use for that envirnment.<p>Also I love Debian 11. Thinking to install KDE with it but I dont have time...
Moved from an M2 Mac to using a Windows 10 Desktop beefcake PC and use VM Ware Linux Mint 22 cinammon install. Works flawlessly and I have zero patience for linux jerking around so you know it's good. Everything just works out of the box including resolution etc. I have two monitors and it just works.<p>I don't miss Mac at all.
You are heading for a dead end if you are looking for long lived releases and updating the system Python. Stop using the system Python, or use a distribution with frequent short lived releases.
Fedora i3 spin.<p>My i3wm config has survived over a decade and has provided a consistent UI/UX across various distros. Fedora is stable across version upgrades and stays out of the way, just like i3 does.