I've thought about why this has been the most stable system experience for me, and I think it comes down to simplicity: my linux system just has far fewer movin

I've thought about why this has been the most stable system experience for me, and I think it comes down to simplicity: my linux system just has far fewer moving parts than my mac did (I can read the process list and mostly understand everything that's running at any given time). I think the main problem is that the simplicity of my system comes from the fact that I have set up each part of it, by hand, to do exactly what I want it to do, which is definitely _not_ realistic for the majority of users (for whom a mac is considerably easier to set up, even if less stable).