Agreed. There's always a trade-off between stability and having the latest, hottest stuff.
Mageia tends to favor stability, which I like. Mageia's the first-ever Linux distro that I've been able to use for over a year, that uses my hardware to its full potential without burning out the processors.
Voo #557749 running "Celene" ASUS G73Jh Intel Core i7 720QM AMD (ATi) Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Mageia 4