> I would happily consider using Debian Testing for example, but wherever I see > someone asking about it I always find someone discouraging from using it due > to the possibility of having broken or unsecure packages for a long time due > to it being automated.
Other tools you can use: LVM snapshots. Take a snapshot before updating to testing/unstable, so you can easily revert if you don't like the result. I've used that for my machines running stable but where some (typically hardware, usually graphics-related) bug/regression shows up. Stefan