[SlugLUG] Help Me Choose

[Rohan Sheth]

So for the past 4 months I have been running Ubuntu.  Before that I
used ArchLinux for 2 months, before that Gentoo for 4 year, before that
Slackware for 2 years.  I like ubuntu because it happily picks up most
of the devices on my laptop with little configuration (Thinkpad T43)
however I dislike this 6 month release schedule.  I figure...why wait
for Ubuntu to sync with Debian when I could just use Debian...?

So I am in need of some advice...the new Ubuntu Edgy looks promising
(including the new init system) but what is the point of waiting for
Ubuntu to release something that Debian is already on top of?  I like
to run somewhat bleeding-edge on my workstation (thus my gentoo
experience) so I thought I might jump ship over to Debian.  What I need
help with is deciding testing vs. unstable.  I realize that many use
unstable with great success but the "unstable" has me a little scared.
Any suggestions?  If a decision is made soon I hope to join the person
installing gentoo on his laptop tomorrow night @ baskin.

Oh yea, if anyone wishes to know, my reason for not using gentoo this
time around is that I really really don't want to wait 2 hours for xorg
to compile =P

Thanks,
Rohan