Being "stuck with whatever software versions Debian freezes on for a couple years", as you say it, is actually a Good Thing(tm).
If I install a web server, I want it to run something stable, trusted and tested, something I don't have to apt-get upgrade;apt-get dist-upgrade with untested packages every morning. My Potatoes haven't caused any problems since the day I installed them. I eventually have to upgrade some packages when security holes are discovered, but that's ok. There is nothing I need on a production box that isn't included in potato. (Well, maybe a cowsay package would be nice;))
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It melts and you get a very cool lego mouse pad
Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these?
Ethernet over duct tape?
Whatever you cannot build in a quick and dirty way with duct tape is worthless to me.
All the suits floating around hand in hand? Or drying on a rope with other clothes?
Being "stuck with whatever software versions Debian freezes on for a couple years", as you say it, is actually a Good Thing(tm).
If I install a web server, I want it to run something stable, trusted and tested, something I don't have to apt-get upgrade;apt-get dist-upgrade with untested packages every morning. My Potatoes haven't caused any problems since the day I installed them. I eventually have to upgrade some packages when security holes are discovered, but that's ok. There is nothing I need on a production box that isn't included in potato. (Well, maybe a cowsay package would be nice ;))