I had a very similar experience running Arch on a desktop. After borking my system twice in a six month period during updates (which was admittedly my fault fo

I had a very similar experience running Arch on a desktop. After borking my system twice in a six month period during updates (which was admittedly my fault for not following pre-upgrade instructions to the letter) I decided that I'll stick to distros that take care of those details for me.