[TriLUG] What Distro Would You Recommend?

[Tanner Lovelace]

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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