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So there's no more or less stable distro based on arch?
Yes, Manjaro. But you have to stick to a LTS kernel (or at least keep a LTS kernel installed as backup), not install things from AUR that can take your machine down if they break, use their way of installing drivers (particularly graphical drivers), don't switch to the testing or unstable branch etc.
They also offer BTRFS now for the system partition and integrate it by default with Timeshift so you automatically get recovery snapshots you can boot into from Grub if anything bad happens.
All of the above is default so you don't have to do anything to attain stability, just not actively ruin it. But as you'll see from some of the comments around here there are people who just can't help themselves. 😁
I've been using it as main desktop system for about 4 years now and I'm super happy with it. I've also installed it for some relatives (without sudo rights), I manage it remotely over Tailscale and it's been working perfectly.
They all either use the Arch repos and add some of their own repos on top, or they're Manjaro which actively makes Arch even less stable because of version mismatch with the AUR.
There is no stable release distro based on Arch
Has this happened to you personally or are you just repeating something you've heard?
What package were you unable to install because of "version mismatch"?
I've had version mismatches before, it's why I stopped using Manjaro, and yes I mean it happened to me personally. I forget the specific package but I know it was a patched version of something in the graphical stack.
Same. It's what drove me away and took me a week of free time to get back up and running on Arch. Manjaro makes me sick now.
I'll admit, I've barely used Manjaro so I'm just repeating what I've heard. It still doesn't matter because Manjaro is still a rolling release and I don't want one of those anymore.