On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:56:52 +1300 (NZDT) Derek Smithies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > > Running the latest, shiniest kernel is ok, once all your software is > > tested and proved stable on it. However, in most (server) situations > > it's that stability that's paramount, and installing newer kernels will > > usually either increase performance or functionality... and if you don't > > need either, then the years of uptime have proved the stability many > > times over! > > That is the stated advantage of centos - because the centos packages have > already had a bedding down period in RHEL, the idea is that the supplied > packages are more stable. > All I know about centos is the reports I heard at cluecon 2008 - all the > comments there were very favourable about centos. Indeed, but I've learnt the hard way to check everything works rather than take anyone elses word for it. Especially when the buck stops with me. > > I have used ubuntu, and like it a lot... Then along came hardy > heron+pulse_audio, and the thing is "not quite right"...... ... I no longer even contemplate using Ubuntu on a server, which is a shame ): > > Derek. Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
