> It usually includes updates (or myself by mistake? not sure) making my system so broken that I have to reinstall and start again from scratch. I hear that a

> It usually includes updates (or myself by mistake? not sure) making my system so broken that I have to reinstall and start again from scratch. I hear that a lot, but I always wonder what distro people are using or what they do to their machines or what hardware they have etc. My current laptop at home has been getting every 6 monthly Ubuntu in-place upgrade since 13.04 and hasn't had an issue. Same with the kids second hand laptops. But I choose Thinkpads and make sure I always get Intel graphics and wifi chipsets for compatibility. Based on my colleagues experiences though - I don't have anywhere as much upgrade confidence at work with my Macbook Pro though (still on El Capitan).