[elcapitan]

Is that the case? It's been some time since I last used a desktop Linux, but my experience at the time was always that some unrelated package update broke some other software unexpectedly. Maybe this is better now. On the Mac, at least I know when I update Firefox I only break Firefox (but that for sure) :D

[throwawayvibes]

Stop using the bleeding edge crap and install debian stable. It works, never breaks. Gets security patches all the same. I'm happy to get new browser features once every 4 years, since I mostly don't need them anyway.