> But I read about the major fails of either macOS or Windows more or less on a daily basis in the news… I really don't understand why anybody would use those s

> But I read about the major fails of either macOS or Windows more or less on a daily basis in the news… I really don't understand why anybody would use those systems therefore. When the install base is over two billion of users, we're bound to hear issues. Just bitrot alone can cause some % of issues. We're not hearing from 99% of the users, only those that have an issue and took the time to say something. There's no reason for the news or even people to go on the web every day to say Windows/macOS/Linux still works fine with updates with no software issues. I'm not saying OS are immune to issues but there's no evidence that Windows updates is causing billions of devices to break or brick on a constant daily basis here. Yes, some software may break, some incompatibility issues but Windows is pretty decent with its updates. It's also fairly easy to rollback by uninstalling the previous Windows update. Plus, macOS with Time Machine is an exceptional backup mechanism (Linux with TimeShift is great as well). Windows is...questionable. I use Reflect but I doubt most people know how to back up properly. However, I can't say that I speak for 99% either, all I can report is from people around me. I work for an employer with over 900 employees and most are on macOS, I can confidently tell you that it is not an issue at all. We rarely have an update issue. Altho, we do inform people to wait a few days before installing an update, mainly to make sure our custom stuff is working fine first. > So in my experience even a perpetual "beta version" of Debian Linux is more stable than "regular releases" of other systems… Considering one of the most popular distro is Ubuntu, which itself is based on the Debian Sid branch and a huge number of distro is based on Ubuntu; it's already safe to say that Debian is stable usually across most of its update channel. Debian is nice but I struggle to get it to work on my laptop with nVidia GPU. Some of its defaults was odd as well. I can say Debian stable is extremely snappy, it honestly shocked me. I just wish it would work out of the box on my stuff without me spending hours to figure it out. I gave up and switched back to Pop_OS; nvidia and Wi-Fi chips didn't work at all. Hopefully, that might improve over time as I hear Debian 12 is going to be more flexible with "non-free" binary firmware and drivers for its images/installer. > I don't use any exotic hardware, don't buy the most shiny stuff right away, and I only use Debian Testing That's the thing, as long as we do that, it'll be safer and less likely to break. We have to work harder to find the right hardware for the right linux support. Casual users are just going to buy whatever's configured for them. For me, if I want to get the best Debian experience, I have to find a laptop without nVidia chip, an older Intel or AMD Chipset and hope it works out of the box. Don't get me started on Wi-Fi chipset as well.