On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Michael Rasmussen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 09:37:08PM -0800, Marvin Kosmal wrote: >> Hi >> >> I am setting up a computer for some folks I only see every four years. I >> want to put a distribution on that will last time I see them next time. >> >> I was thinking Ubuntu they have a version that they maintain for four, ?, >> years. > > Nope only two. > > Basic Debian with something to do security patching automagically would be > worthy of consideration.
This is what I've done in the past. My parents had a Debian box I had set up in roughly 2001 that lasted until my father passed in 2007. Of course all they used it for was typing documents (they didn't even use it for email or browsing much). I think they may have used Abiword the entire time too. That being said, Ubuntu LTS with auto-update is pretty straight forward if you're installing it for people who you wont see for a while yet are more computer savvy than my parents were. And I wouldn't say it'd get too far out of date for most people- hell, many people still run XP without a complaint in the world. You *could* also go the Live CD route. SLAX, Knoppix, etc and so on. ---Sam _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
