I sympathize, although for my desktop system I do prefer just grabbing the latest stable stuff every nine months or so ala the Ubuntu release cycle. But for a server of course, it's nice to have things stable. Or is it UI changes that bug you?

But as the Anonymous One suggested, there are other flavors of Linux which move at a slower pace, such as http://debian.org/ or RHEL (or the free version of it, CentOS).

On my server, you can get Major Mana potions from a friendly undead gentleman who opens up a shop called Phials every Tuesday night. It's a big RP event -- people gather to gossip, plot, and of course to stock up on potions for the rest of the week. Much more fun.