I've found Debian Stable to be extremely stable, especially in recent years, I honestly don't think about system restore as much as I worry about a drive crashi

I've found Debian Stable to be extremely stable, especially in recent years, I honestly don't think about system restore as much as I worry about a drive crashing or a laptop getting stolen. I assumed Linux Mint LTS was similarly stable. Folks who have run into issues, what was the root cause?