> (because apparently the "stable" version shipped with debian stable isn't really stable when a problem arises?). "Stable" here means "unchanging". It doesn't

> (because apparently the "stable" version shipped with debian stable isn't really stable when a problem arises?). "Stable" here means "unchanging". It doesn't mean bug-free. My personal experience is, you'll generally encounter less bugs on a rolling release distro (like arch) or distros with frequent updates (like fedora). The upside of stable distros (like debian) is that new bugs (or other breaking changes) won't be introduced during the distro's release lifetime.