Hi Tomas,
thank you so much for your reply.
> Thing is: "stable" means [...] Only bug fixes and security patches
go in.
Great! That is the most important aspect for me.
I really don't need the latest-and-greatest version of packages. All I
do need is a stable and secure system.
So Debian stable turns out to be ideally suited for my purposes.
I've installed it in a VM for now (qemu, KVM) to see how it performs. I
must say I'm very impressed. It runs smoothly even with just 1 GB RAM
allocated to it.
I'm sure it'll make a fine system as a production system.
Thanks again and keep safe.
Many greetings.
Rosika