how unstable is unstable?

[Takakage]

Just pointing out that there is nothing inherently unstable about the software in Manjaro’s unstable branch.

KDE, Stability of Manjaro

I think there is a common misunderstanding of the meaning of the word “stable”. The word “stable” has many definitions, but the two that are relevant here are: Unlikely to fail Unlikely to change When we talk about software, “stable” generally means that it is unlikely to crash or have problems (definition 1). But when we talk about a Linux distribution and/or its various channels, the word “stable” generally refers to how often it changes (definition 2). This may make more sense for a di…