PS. This is not a critique to Debian-based distros. And i’m not suggesting you to skip Ubintu for Arch either. Arch is a bit advanced and not too easy to new users, so that won’t do for some people…

… just install Linux Mint instead.

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    As someone who uses arch, its just stability. Arch is great for a hobby, if you want to do work, use fedora. Its so much simpler. That being said, I love arch because of the tinkering, and that lack of tinkering is why I switched off fedora.

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      I “do work” just fine on Arch but maybe I’ve just gotten used to the quirks and the DIY aspect of it. None of it is an obstacle to productivity anymore.

      I do realize I’m not the average person and am some kind of freak that likes to take working stuff apart and put it back together for funsies.

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          That’s what I’m trying to say though, I’m at the point to where it’s not a waste of time for me because I know immediately what to do if something goes wrong or I need to make some sort of config change or install/remove software. I’m no longer “tinkering” with it, I’m using it. It’s just as fast for me as it is for someone on a more “user friendly” OS.

          In other words, I have scaled most of the learning curve cliff.

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        Fedora is an odd choice if you’re looking for stability. It’s a rolling distro. Some rolling distros are fairly stable but fedora updates constantly broke my shit.

        Debian or opensuse leap are where it’s at for pure stability. Or any other LTS distro, really