That's certainly not my experience. After some trial-and-error during the first couple of months, in which I move from Gnome → XFCE → Fluxbox → Awesome and I configured the system to my liking, it's been extremely stable. Four years and two laptops later, I'm using the same setup without having to do anything but the occasional update, and the fact that I'm on a rolling release (Debian Sid) means my software rarely changes a lot at once.
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That's certainly not my experience. After some trial-and-error during the first couple of months, in which I move from Gnome → XFCE → Fluxbox → Awesome and I configured the system to my liking, it's been extremely stable. Four years and two laptops later, I'm using the same setup without having to do anything but the occasional update, and the fact that I'm on a rolling release (Debian Sid) means my software rarely changes a lot at once.