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by babuskov 4649 days ago
Stability depends a lot on the distribution you use.

I've used various Linux distos over the last 10+ years. If you use something like Slackware, it is rock solid. I still have some 5+ year old installs that simply just work. However, distributions that update/upgrade and install software automatically have lower stability as more people are involved in creating packages, and not of all of them are skilled or careful enough. Packages are often patched versions of vanilla software and sometimes the patch was just wrong because it does not sync well with some other installed software. I still recall major mess by Ubuntu and Fedora and their derivatives at many points in the past.