From: Adam 

Mike N. wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:31:15 -0400, "Geo"
 wrote:
>
>> You can't build a skyscraper if they keep changing the foundation. It's the
>> same with complex computer systems, things break if you keep updating
>> everything.
>
>    Then Red Hat Enterprise Linux or its derivative, CentOS would be better
> from this point ov view because they issue fewer, more thoroughly tested
> updates.
>
>> I mean you know how service packs always seem to break something, how can
>> you keep systems functioning when everything changes every 3 months?
>
>    The part I haven't figured out yet is if it is possible to get only a
> security subset of updates.   Yum Update knows the dependency tree so it
> will retrieve any additional dependent packages when requested.

Or you could just choose debian stable.

Adam

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