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[–] Kleyno 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Depends on the use case. If you are a newb, then any distro which does it best to provide you with as many visual tools for different tasks as possible, such as Mint, or has maintainers which put an extra emphasis on improving the gaming experience on Linux, such as Solus.

If you already know what you are doing though, then go for a rolling distro to get access to the newer kernels and graphics drivers faster, and without having to undertake additional steps, like adding an unofficial repository etc...

Manjaro is what I use. It's rolling (I'm on testing branch) and has some great GUI tools builtin for upgrading the kernel and other stuff.

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[–] buggermeharder [S] ago 

I don't know much. I'm using a live distro called antiX. What's "rolling"?

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[–] Kleyno 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Rolling simply means that you receive updates to packages, pretty much, as soon as they are available.

Non-rolling or staged release distros typically hold back updates for months (unless they are critical security updates), and then have a new version released that you have to upgrade to, in order to receive them.

Ubuntu is a stage release. Manjaro is rolling.