At the end is a first draft of a response. It may be better if we have someone generate a set of known good disks. We are currently testing version 2.1. It should be available in January 1999. Once a machine is set up, you simply point our package manager at your favorite mirror site and upgrades are a snap.
People find our releases extremely stable with very few surprises.
We support old binaries as long as needed. Even though we have converted to libc6, we still support libc5. Through our user mailing lists and IRC chat channel we provide excellent support for users. We provide no hardcopy manuals. Once installed, there is a plethora of documentation available on the machine.