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From: Keith Keller on 11 Jan 2010 14:01 On 2010-01-11, Gunnar Gren <gg(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > > *BSD > opensolaris > solaris > HP-UX > AIX Just to be clear, none of these are actually linux distributions. That may or may not be an issue for the OP. --keith -- kkeller-usenet(a)wombat.san-francisco.ca.us (try just my userid to email me) AOLSFAQ=http://www.therockgarden.ca/aolsfaq.txt see X- headers for PGP signature information
From: Michael Black on 11 Jan 2010 14:11 On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Dan C wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:11:01 +0000, Gunnar Gren wrote: > >>> So, since I still want to switch to linux, I want some suggestions on >>> which distribution is the most stable and most well-tested. I don't >>> care that much about cutting-edge features, and I can wait for a while >>> until a new version of some software hits the official repositories. >>> But this is important: When the system asks to update itself, there >>> shouldn't be a chance that it will break X, or gnome, or KDE, or the >>> kernel, or whatever. >>> >>> Suggestions? > >> *BSD >> opensolaris >> solaris >> HP-UX >> AIX > > I guess you missed the part up there above where he said "I still want to > switch to Linux", eh? > The amusing part is that for so long, people wanted to switch to Unix, but couldn't afford it or it wasn't available publicly (and the hardware was often too expensive for the average person). Now, LInux makes Unix available to all, and Unix is somehow seen as secondary. Michael
From: unruh on 11 Jan 2010 19:03
On 2010-01-11, Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet(a)wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote: > On 2010-01-11, Gunnar Gren <gg(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >> >> *BSD >> opensolaris >> solaris >> HP-UX >> AIX > > Just to be clear, none of these are actually linux distributions. That > may or may not be an issue for the OP. Depends on the hardware you want to use. My impression is that you are more limited by any of those. If you want to use recent hardware, my impression is tha tLinux keeps up better. But of course living on the edge might lead to blood at times. This is true for example of Debian stable as well, which also helps make it more stable. Otherwise, I suspect that it is pretty much of a muchness for the distributions. they do after all all use the same kernels, which is key to the operation of the OS. > > --keith > |