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I used to run Debian testing and for a short time sid before switching Arch, and I had to reinstall them from 6 months at worst to two years at best, because of

• stjohnswarts 6y ago
  Never been brave enough to run Arch, but I've had Manjaro in a VM as a torrent/vpn/media server and it's been rock solid for like 4 years. I use ubuntu LTS for most things but I can't complain about Arch/Manjaro stability.
• icedchai 6y ago
  I used to run Arch (2011-2014ish) on a personal server. I'd generally go a few months without updates, and large batches of updates were often painful, requiring manual steps... like the move to systemd, merging /bin and /usr/bin, and others I've forgot. I have also had update issues with Ubuntu. There was a bug with Ubuntu 20.04 where a server would lose its default route when it had multiple network interfaces. And another bug where, after an update, network interfaces were renamed on a reboot rendering the server inaccessible. Is having a server with more than one network interface that unusual? I have yet to find a distribution where updates are not problematic.
  • soraminazuki 6y ago
    NixOS is designed so that updates won’t break the system in non-reversible ways. If an update didn’t work out well for you, you can always roll back to the previous version and withhold the update until you’re ready. I’ve used NixOS as a daily driver myself for years, and hadn’t needed a reinstall even once.
    • icedchai 6y ago
      That's neat and good to know! I think I'll check it out.