On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 slushpupie at gmail.com wrote: > Ubuntu is a faster moving Debian. Same basic idea, but more modern > software, faster release cycles, etc. The tradeoff is often newer > software breaking because it is new. So there are more updates, and you > will spend more time maintaining the system. Is it possible to just update certain packages when new versions become available and save the major updates for later? Seems like it would be possible, but I'm not familiar with the details of package updating. I like the idea of a low-maintenance solution with up-to-date versions of the most widely-used packages. Mike