switching distribution/alsa problems

Hi.
since I've got so much problems with alsa I'm thinking of switching to
another distribution than debian.
do you think this will help?
I get so much problems all the time.
suddnely it just stops working. no sound at all. it just says "jack
server not running and cannot be started"
then I'll have to remove very much things, and then reinstall.
then it works.
I get so tired of this. is it worth trying another distro?
/Kristoffer