> So far I have not have any problems with Ubuntu as long as you
> do not use alien packages.
>
>   
Then either you have been sticking to the more widely used parts of the 
repositry or you have been lucky.

Once you move out of the small subset of software in main and into the 
wider universe repositry you will find that some software there has 
never been tested on ubuntu.
>
> Debian Stable == Ancient? I do not run servers so I do not really
> appreciate stability. That being said, I like Ubuntu 6.06 LTS so far.
> I tried CentOS 5 but I saw nothing specialy about it and it does
> not offer the same packages FC6/FC7 offers.
>
>   
Debian is aiming for a stable release every 18-24 months now 
(woody-sarge was unacceptablly long but sarge-etch was much better).


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