Hi Leo,
Unstable does throw a wobbly once in a while.... I'm running it on my 
desktop.
Occasionally (maybe once a month or so) you get the odd broken package, 
but it's not a regular thing, and usually you can work around it.
For me the only thing I have to remember is to run apt-get update && 
apt-get safe-upgrade every so often to actually upgrade (because 
update-notifier seems a little broken....).  For a home server though, 
it's probably safe.
Of course - this is just my personal opinion - what do I know?
Chris
On 30/12/11 11:09, Leo wrote:
> I'm going to do a reinstall of my home server which currently runs 
> debian stable. I want to put a more up-to-date distro on it and am 
> thinking either debian unstable or ubuntu server. I'm edging towards 
> debian but, despite some googling, it's not clear to me how many 
> broken packages/problems I'm likely to encounter with it. Has anyone 
> much experience with it? Is it a hassle to maintain?
>
> Thanks,
> Leo
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