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> I know the Debian project recommends against promoting the unstable Sid release for general (non-dev/maintainer) users, but IMO about as risky as running Arch

> I know the Debian project recommends against promoting the unstable Sid release for general (non-dev/maintainer) users, but IMO about as risky as running Arch Linux, i.e., quite safe. I used to use debian stable, then testing, then sid, then migrated to Arch and Arch has been definitely more stable than testing and sid. I never had big issues with Arch but Debian more than a few time gave me updates that entirely broke my system to the point of not booting anymore and not being able to fix it with a recovery USB

capableweb 4y ago
Same here but with Ubuntu and only using the "stable" version. Ubuntu updates have broken my systems over time many times since I started using it around version 9.04 or so, and stopped using it version 16 or 17. Started using Arch after that and the only breakages that have happened since then have been when I've been over-confident in major changes I'm making to my boot process. Never have a normal upgrade broken my system. The experience have been the same for both my desktop and laptop setups, and I'm starting to use Arch for my servers now too.
tlamponi 4y ago
> I never had big issues with Arch but Debian more than a few time gave me updates that entirely broke my system to the point of not booting anymore and not being able to fix it with a recovery USB. Ha, I have the exact opposite experience - one can get (un)lucky on any OS it seems..