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From: despen on 5 Jan 2010 18:02 Stan Bischof <stan(a)newserve.worldbadminton.com> writes: > Giorgos Tzampanakis <gt67(a)hw.ac.uk> wrote: >> >> Suggestions? > > debian Stable. > > Or if you don't mind spending a few $$, RedHat ( NOT fedora ) > > Never "upgrade" a major release, do clean reinstall I just did an "upgrade" from FC10 to FC11. Pretty smooth. I think release upgrades is an issue that can be conquered, it's just a matter of time.
From: Robert Heller on 5 Jan 2010 18:03 At 05 Jan 2010 21:56:44 GMT Stan Bischof <stan(a)newserve.worldbadminton.com> wrote: > > Giorgos Tzampanakis <gt67(a)hw.ac.uk> wrote: > > > > Suggestions? > > debian Stable. > > Or if you don't mind spending a few $$, RedHat ( NOT fedora ) CentOS is a free version of RHEL. Same long-term stablity (7 years). > > Never "upgrade" a major release, do clean reinstall > > Stay away from most distributions as they do not generally > have stability as primary focus. > > Stan > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller(a)deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/
From: Giorgos Tzampanakis on 5 Jan 2010 18:12 Robert Heller <heller(a)deepsoft.com> wrote in news:mOidnSEqiIK3WN7WnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d(a)posted.localnet: > RHEL ($$) or CentOS/Whitebox/Pink Tie/Scientific Linux > (free) (7 years) Ubuntu LTS (3 years) > Debian Stable This looks like a nice list. Is it possible to use KDE with any of them and still get the same reliability? I know some distributions have a prefered Desktop Environment. I prefer KDE to Gnome, however I will compromise for reliability.
From: John Hasler on 5 Jan 2010 18:29 Robert Heller writes: > Generally one should not do a major release update as an upgrade. I've done so successfully with every release of Debian. -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: Keith Keller on 5 Jan 2010 18:48
On 2010-01-05, Giorgos Tzampanakis <gt67(a)hw.ac.uk> wrote: > Robert Heller <heller(a)deepsoft.com> wrote in > news:mOidnSEqiIK3WN7WnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d(a)posted.localnet: > >> RHEL ($$) or CentOS/Whitebox/Pink Tie/Scientific Linux >> (free) (7 years) Ubuntu LTS (3 years) >> Debian Stable > > This looks like a nice list. Is it possible to use KDE with any > of them and still get the same reliability? I know some > distributions have a prefered Desktop Environment. > > I prefer KDE to Gnome, however I will compromise for reliability. I don't use either with CentOS, but IIRC RH and derivatives come with a hybrid of KDE and GNOME. I believe you can make your desktop as much KDE or GNOME as you wish. In any case, they all should come with both KDE and GNOME. Here's the CentOS 5 package list: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/ KDE and GNOME packages are abundant. Also, to add on to what Robert said about upgrades, I've done an in-place upgrade from CentOS 4 to 5 using yum, and it worked smoothly, but that was on a server, not a desktop, so I can't say how X or KDE/GNOME were affected by the upgrade. --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 |