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Indeed; just like with a house, on Linux things are always breaking.

My best analogy: buying a car from Lexus and taking it in for service every few years vs. building a car in your garage from plans you found on the Internet.

Unless you're running arch linux is pretty stable these days. I can't even remember when I last had to fiddle with my debian install.

And how did you manage the switch from the trackpad?

It works well enough out of the box. Initially, I set up Mac-like gestures. But now I just use the track pad normally. (I should add though that in everyday use I use a mouse, external keyboard and monitors.)

I'd compare with a house. A hotel is stuffy and has no room for expansion. You build whatever you want in your house.