Yeah it feels strange because Arch pushes tons of stuff every day. 
But I rather run LTS distro on laptops and I can always use flatpaks if I need latest software.
Thatās how Iām setup here currently. Debian + flatpak for apps that need to be up to date.
Iām tempted to go to SID because the lack of updates weirds me out a little.
My Linux project this weekend has basically just been getting EndeavourOS fully up and running on my old college laptop. Iāve been looking at the distro for a little while, and month or so ago I slapped it on, and Iāve been lurking the forums since.
Itās been a wonderful experience! Really light gaming on it has been great, the tools for managing my system provided out of the box by the Endeavour team really do simplify managing an Arch based system, and it comes lightweight enough out of the box to not feel like the machine is barely chugging along. Something I couldnāt say for Windows which it was running before hand.
The forums here and the knowledge base that Endeavour provides on the website have been really helpful for answering any questions Iāve had and for helping to get my system configured with everything I need.
I just really appreciate this distro! I can definitely see it becoming my primary distro on my main system at some point. 
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Welcome @hoppyhopps ! Enjoy your project. I hope it lasts longer than a weekendā
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Thank you!! Itās been about a month that Iāve been running it for simple tasks like web browsing or listening to music while cooking, and from the way things are going I expect this āprojectā of mine to last a long while!
Welcome! 
As youāve seen, the forum is very friendly. Knowledgeable users here will provide useful information in case you happen to need it. So please do not hesitate to ask!
And maybe you might want to help others at some pointā¦ this is how it often goes, although it by no means is a requirement. 
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Welcome to 
-Forum. Enjoy your timeā¦hopefully much longer than two weeks
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To move my laptop from Debian Stable to Debian SID. . . Important life decisions.
Iāve read once you go to SID, you canāt go back.
To quote a prominent member of the forum: āyour system, your ruleā.
With that said:
The unstable distribution (sid)
The code name for Debianās development distribution is sid, aliased to unstable. Most of the development work that is done in Debian, is uploaded to this distribution. This distribution will never get released; instead, packages from it will propagate into testing and then into a real release.
Please note that security updates for unstable distribution are not managed by the security team. Hence, unstable does not get security updates in a timely manner. For more information please see the Security Teamās FAQ.
sid is subject to massive changes and in-place library updates. This can result in a very unstable system which contains packages that cannot be installed due to missing libraries, dependencies that cannot be fulfilled etc. Use it at your own risk!
If this would be my daily driver or a system that I would need to be reliable, I would think twice (or more times) before switching to Sid.
Did I say that? Probably. I mean, obviously Iām aware of that, Iāve been doing the Linux thing for quite a while now.
Iām also very aware of all of those things, that doesnāt make it any less of an interesting choice for this weekend.
I always want reliability when Iām traveling. I also want to have fun when Iām not.
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Fair enough!
Would be nice if you could share your experience on the usability of Debian Sid on the long run for those using also Debian who may be tempted to take the leap.
You may have too but I was referring to someone else.
That would take me a long time since Iāve never even tried it. They would have to.
And youāre probably right, that was likely someone else. I would ahve said something like you are the master of your own hardware. That is way too pedestrian for me.
āItās your system, bend it to your will!ā
Why just bend it? Hell, go ahead and break it if you can! 
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Bend it till you break it!
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I have been running Sid on a couple of laptops for just under 4 years now (plus a VM). They generally get updated every 2 to 4 weeks. In all that time I have had exactly 2 issues, both of which were trivial to fix (and one was just bad timing on an update, had I updated a few hours later the problematic package had its missing dependency added).
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Thatās interesting!
I imagined it to be more prone to breakage judging by what Debian themselves say about it (as per the link I posted above).
Thanks for sharing your experience!
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Of course, I donāt use Nvidia. Those who do might have a somewhat different experience 
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I mean. . . thatās true for pretty much every distro.
You were definitely the first person I thought of about this.
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