is running `apt full-upgrade` daily basically the Ubuntu equivalent of CentOS Stream?

I've been reading a lot about how CentOS Stream is like a rolling release between RHEL point releases. Is running apt full-upgrade or apt-get dist-upgrade on a daily basis essentially doing the same thing to my Ubuntu LTS installation?

Or am I (theoretically at least) insulated from potentially breaking changes because I'm on an LTS? What's the best practice / tradeoffs for how often you should upgrade packages? Security patches obviously as soon as possible, hopefully with some quick testing first to verify they don't cause stability problems, but what about the bug fix upgrades on an LTS? Like you aren't intended to park on an Ubuntu LTS point release until the next one are you?


The normal Ubuntu releases are not rolling releases; installing all package updates daily doesn't change that.

I would say that apt full-upgrade / apt-get dist-upgrade daily on Ubuntu would be compared to running yum update daily on "traditional Centos" (with the standard base + updates repos).