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On the other end of the spectrum you have a distribution like Arch which gives you most recent releases, but then you also have to deal with breaking packages / package dependencies much more often.

But i guess this comes down to "there is no free lunch".

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Is that your experience with Arch? I've hardly ever had anything break over many years of using it. I've even committed the sin of waiting many months between upgrades, like on a laptop that sat in a closet. Upgrading usually just works, or there is just a minor issue that can be easily resolved. Usually documented on the arch website.

It's been some time since I've used it, but Arch was more solid for me than any non-LTS distro. It definitely helps too stay up to date though. I remember the moves to pulseaudio and systemd...not fun.

Of course, you also have the advantages of being up to date and never needing to do a apt-get dist-upgrade.

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