> but aren't your servers supposed to be absolutely > rock-solid stable, even if it means giving up bells and whistles?) I agree completely. however, there are times that the customer demands recent bells & whistles, so you need to provide them. different distributions provide different points along the scale of balance (between old/tested/stable and new/occasionally flaky). choose the one that works best for your environment. Carl Soderstrom. -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com