I have a question that I am hoping/expecting is a non issue...we are reviewing distros to use as a base for an appliance (changing out our current custom one)... we are heavily leaning towards debian, but the question has come up as to how long packages will be supported...i.e. security updates, new drivers for kernel etc....which made us look a ubuntu lts....we are trying to minimize our maintenance efforts...so, my question is if we were to base it off lenny, how long could we realistically expect to have support...I have read the expected release, and that it is supported a year after going "stable"...but I suspect that that is not the whole story...e.g. you can possibly use packages from the next release and sort of upgrade as needed...the other part of this question is (not to start any flaming) at a base/minimal os level, how different is ubuntu, and how much mixing can one safely do? any advice would be great!
thanks a lot lee -- "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." -- Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
