Life is too short to depend on unstable software
Honestly, I've had better luck on the bleeding edge.  Newer Linux kernels almost always are better (and when they're not, it gets fixed quickly).  Wayland is definitely better than X.  Newer Gnome is better than old Gnome.<p>Ruby 3 and 3.1 is definitely better than 2.7. Rails 7 is way better than 6, even in alpha state.  Deno is nicer than Node (although the ecosystem needs to catch up). Hell, V8 and then Node led to a boom in web technologies.  In fact, I think with every language newer compilers and interpreters just keep getting better, never seen enough regressions to make me not want to upgrade.<p>With games, newer kernels and drivers are better.  Proton Experimental has Age of Empires 4 working perfectly on Linux what, a week after release?<p>I really can't think of a time I wanted older technology.  I just upgraded to Fedora 35, it's the best laptop experience I've ever had.  Ubuntu and others have been stable and good enough, but Fedora 35 is snappy and everything works in a way that's just better.  No more slow software centre.  No weirdness with snaps.  Quicker suspend and awake.  Fingerprint sensor works out of the box.  Etc...