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Mint is the only distro/os I ran for years without it ever freezing, crashing, or failing to boot. I'm expecting to have the exact same experience on MX, and it hasn't disappointed so far.
How's installing packages from random users any better than adding repos made by the devs? At least its got less of a chance to turn your machine into a mining rig...
I think flatpaks are the main reason why stable distros are growing in popularity. Most people only care about having a few programs up to date, and don't have FOMO because they're not bug testing plasma 6. Stable + flatpak is the perfect solution for that scenario.
Also, Nixpkgs > AUR in every way except ease of use.
I've had the following scenario constantly repeat on my media device: don't update for a month+ -> update -> fail to boot -> rollback -> try again after a few weeks -> boot
I ran endeavor for like 2 years, with 1-2 years of arch, arco, and garuda before that:
mkinitcpio
after a kernel update or it would fail to bootIn the end I was working in a foreign country, and had to weigh whether the first
-Syu
of the month or just an-S
would be more likely to mess up my system. I dropped arch the day after I got back home.I'm not saying arch is horribly unstable, and no-one should use it, but people should be realistic about its issues. I've noticed that arch fans often think their survivorship bias is the proof that arch is the most stable distro ever created. It's really not, but if someone is fine with occasionally having to debug their system (as I was for years), endeavor is probably the best option.