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>up-to-date packages, newer flashier features, support of newer hardware, faster bugfixes, up-to-date dev libraries for easier development
>AUR makes it easy to install obscure software by automating the whole git clone ./configure make make install or ./configure cmake . make make install or whatever rigmarole, can also write your own PKGBUILD to install and update said obscure packages automatically, PKGBUILDs are easy to write
>surprisingly stable despite its reputation, mostly caused by:
>simple package manager that's simple to fix if something fucks up (case in point this OP; just run two commands and it's fixed).
You don't know what "shit breaking" actually means until you've dealt with Debian's and Ubuntu's package manager.