I've been using Debian (always the stable versions) for at least 5 years. Packages are sometimes old, but whenever I need a bleeding edge version of something (

I've been using Debian (always the stable versions) for at least 5 years. Packages are sometimes old, but whenever I need a bleeding edge version of something (generally node+ruby+python+emacs+firefox+blender), I just download or compile it in ~/bin and everything is fine. I love the stability & tiny updates that comes with Debian (When compared with gigabytes updates with forced reboots from windows).