[TriLUG] What Distro Would You Recommend?

[David McDowell]

Wow, that's great!  I didn't realize Ubuntu was going to change the
release cycle as such.  :) :)  that's good news for that community.

As for upgrades, I've never really had any major problems... but I
generally tend to avoid major release "upgrades" these days and opt
for the "migrate to new install" option.  Ah well, to each his own,
thanks for the Ubuntu news!  :)

David McD


On 12/20/05, Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/20/05, David McDowell <turnpike420 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm going with CentOS here.  The folks who are suggesting Ubuntu for
> > this person's needs... I'm not so sure and I ask you WHY??  If you
> > recall, from the original message:
> > "It has been a long time since I've been able to update the box..."
> > including other statements he said which kinda takes Ubuntu away from
> > being a desirable choice.  Sure, the release schedule is every 6
> > months, it has Deb under the hood, but it looks to me like he wants
> > the box to live long and prosper and not have to touch it all the time
> > (if at all per his lack of time).  Deb stable is probably another
> > great choice if you like Deb over CentOS.  Both of those should
> > provide you a long, stable and happy distro.  Now if you want a
> > desktop, Ubuntu is the way to go!  :)
>
> David,
>
> While previously, Ubuntu has only been supported for 18 months
> (that is, you can get updates for it for 18 months), The new version
> coming out in a few months will be supported for 3 years at the desktop
> level and 5 years at the server level.  Supported for 5 years ought to
> be long enough for what he wants.
>
> In addition, upgrading from the current version (Breezy) to the version
> that will be supported for 5 years will be MUCH, MUCH, MUCH easier
> using Ubuntu than it would be under any type of Red Hat based system
> (which CentOS is).
>
> Cheers,
> Tanner
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