I love Unix, Linux all that shit (macOS can fuck off though). But why WHY WHY does every pissing update have to break something?! Guys I need fucking networking, not even intertubes just basic networking.

Anyway, I've come up with a solution. It is quicker for me to install a new OS and restore files from backup than to fix it, so that's what I do.

Seconded on Debian. It's generally very, very stable.

This is why I run Debian on servers AND desktop.

@runfrodorun @nosoup4u @linux my fellow men! Debian is as stable as the pyramids of cheops.

Always simulate first, the apply.

So do an 'apt-get update -y -s' just to see what it does.

Also, there is stuff like debsescan and apt-listchanges and mail subscription lists.

Slackware, Debian, CentOS, opensuse and dependant on machine, Gentoo.

Those are my goto Linux in order, with stability first.

Needless to say, each on stable branch.

Slackware before Debian, because it really never changes, unless it absolutely have to.

@NeatNerdPrime I use aptitude for install/update. No need for a dryrun, as it shows you dependencies and if problems arise. Then you can solve the problems before starting the update

Screw LTS, Fedora user here and I can relate

I tried various distro, except gentoo...
I must say... Deban testing bugged me the least on linux...
Currently i am trying to switch my desktop to trueOS, a freebsd fork, and for servers freebsd...when i am allowed to choose, seriously i need a job, where someone shows me a bit more about freebsd and solaris and where i am allowed to use bsd in prod...
Btw. You might want to give smartos a try, good ol' solaris with up to date maintenance

I mean.. I have never had any issues with macOS 😉

@runfrodorun if you want/need up-to-date software, Arch is much more stable than Debian*. Ubuntu craps itself with more than ~5 PPAs and it's much harder to roll back.

@runfrodorun it is obvious that the Debian team is much more careful with packaging - I've never had an official update break.
But I want latest updates straight from the devs (I'm insane, I know) and Debian just didn't like that.
+ Python 3 is the default on Arch, which makes me love it unconditionally 😁