Some doubts about endeavouros(probably arch)

Part of the problem in these discussions is that we all have different definitions of stable. My thoughts on that and my general thoughts on stability in arch generally are in this post:

If by stability you mean “the entire system breaks”, frankly, I have never had that happen across lots of installs over a long period of time. If you want to keep your system “no broken”, here are some good guidelines.

  • Use the LTS kernel if it supports your hardware. New kernels often ship with issues.
  • Don’t use 3rd party repos, these can introduce dependencies which complicate updates
  • Update often, the longer you wait, the harder it gets
  • Ignore any instructions or tutorials on youtube. They are wrong far more often than correct.
  • Always use pacman or something else that is using pacman(like an AUR helper) to install software. Don’t use packagekit(discover,gnome software), pip, npm, etc to install software.
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