On 8/29/06, Danny Ching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ubuntu is new at the "Long term support" (LTS) business. Recently, they posted a non-working update on their repo. It rendered X inoperable. They've fixed it already, but it shows their relative "newcomer" status. I'd recommend CENTOS instead. Besides Ubuntu's repos are mostly from the unstable branch of debian. Not that it literally means unstable, but it just keeps changing so much, you never know when a bug might be introduced somewhere. Server's shouldn't have the latest and greatest software. it should have the most stable and tested ones. Desktop's are different though. Debian (stable repo) would also be good.
I wouldn't really use Xorg as a sample a borked patch for a server using Ubuntu because Ubuntu-server itself doesn't have X so the said patch (which I think is a release from the repository -updates rather than -security) did not affect the said server release. I guess when using Ubuntu as your platform, disable -updates but make sure -security is enabled so you won't get burned. But then, Ubuntu already got burned by this because of the Xorg patch, so I would say -proposed might get a new lease in life. Jerome -- Jerome Gotangco Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 0x9E379FC6 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
