> it's more stable than so-called stable distros, probably because the various packages don't end up drifting several months from each other when keeping up to

> it's more stable than so-called stable distros, probably because the various packages don't end up drifting several months from each other when keeping up to date What are you precisely referring to with "packages drift from each other"? Stable distros like Ubuntu (and I suppose Debian) don't do release updates at all, only critical/security fixes only. Only some software has special treatment (browsers first of all) and get full updates.