How about installing Debian 5 "Lenny" It is supposed to be very stable and
you can run all the cool things you like.


On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Michael Robinson
<[email protected]>wrote:

> > Because they are just rebuilding and repackaging Red Hat Enterprise
> > Linux.  Enterprises are
> > not interested in things like game support on their servers.
> >
> > I run CentOS 5.3 on my work desktop.  I use it because it is the
> > closest to RHEL5 that
> > I can get without spending (or causing the company) to spend money.  I
> > do have paid
> > support for two copies of RHEL5 as this is for our version control
> > repositories.  Had to
> > go with RHEL as the company already was using Clearcase and IBM only
> supports
> > Clearcase on RHEL or SUSE.
>
> I don't run Fedora on a server because I can't count on it like
> I can on an Enterprise Linux distribution.  That said, just
> because I'm running a server or a critical workstation does not
> suggest that I don't care about graphics.  Lack of support for
> 3D rendering on a critical workstation can be a major problem.
> For a business environment, Fedora is not even acceptable for a
> Workstation.  Supporting the latest version of the ext filesystem
> on an Enterprise Linux system doesn't make sense, but video
> drivers should be cutting edge.  If I can't run command and
> conquer under Wine because I don't have 3D support, then I
> probably can't run a 3D cad application either.  Fedora is too
> bleeding edge and CentOS is too far behind.  I don't feel
> comfortable with Ubuntu.
>
> Maybe it would be better if Fedora were more stable and Enterprise
> Linux systems were closer to it in some critical areas.
>
> I find the suggestion that a Linux system that is good for games
> is not an Enterprise Linux system to be disturbingly rude.  Many
> of the things that games demand from computers are needed by many
> businesses.
>
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