I've also used Debian on my computer for decades and rarely did any application crash. It's just not a thing. Well... I had FreeCAD crash regularly. But it did that for years and on any distribution. Other than that I did stuff on Debian all day every day and it was just fine.

I'm not raging and I'm not even saying that Debian is bad. I've just been told MANY times over the years (including on Lemmy), when I've commented about bugs and issues I've had on Debian, that stability doesn't mean "without bugs, always upright" it means "not moving, not changing."

Debian has a very specific use case. And when people say Debian is stable they mean the base platform isn't going to change under you and suddenly a config file doesn't work anymore because Package v2.0 uses a different format.

This is good for people who want a low maintenance system that won't unexpectedly break due to a random Windows update.

This is good for probably the vast majority of people that fall under "normal" computing habits. If there was a major groundbreaking bug that affected everyone, it probably would have been caught in testing.

This is not good for people who have quirky computing needs or otherwise do things in slightly niche ways, IF a bug shows up. Some bugs are minor annoyances, some require different workflows to get around.

But ultimately, people should know that if they are experiencing an issue with Debian, and it's not just a configuration issue, they either need to have a solution for themselves (recompiling), or switch distros.

I personally stopped using Debian for my desktop around linux 3.16 days, but I do still use it for my home servers (where I don't want to be updating things constantly). If Debian works as a desktop platform for you, that's awesome.

But OP was having issues with Debian. So OP should know that due to Debian's unchanging nature, it will be quite a while before things start working. And they shouldn't expect otherwise. And that's ok, their use case is going to just be a bit more bleeding edge.