I remember you as well. Didn't you use to run a Linux page somewhere? Tell me more rewarding EPEL and ElRopo. I've been following from a distance and haven't heard of these entities. Yo On Aug 19, 2015 10:22 AM, "Paul Heinlein" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Aug 2015, Jim Webb wrote: > > I'm going to start using Linux again. I'm interested in a run of the mill >> distribution that works well and isn't cutting edge. What do you suggest? >> > > My reading of your request is that you'd prefer stability over having the > latest and greatest features. With that in mind... > > Ubuntu is easy to install and has gobs of packages available. If you stick > to one of the LTS (long-term support) releases, you won't have to upgrade > very often. > > CentOS is (to my mind) the gold standard for distributions with long-term > stability. You'll have to learn how to add additional repositories like > EPEL or ELRepo for access to a wider variety of packages, but it's not too > difficult. CentOS 7 is relatively new and will likely outlast your current > hardware. :-) > > Debian stable isn't quite as easy to install as Ubuntu, but it's rock > solid and easy to manage. > > Some engineers at my last company absolutely loved Linux Mint (as others > in this thread obviously do as well), but I don't have any hands-on > experience with it. > > -- > Paul Heinlein > [email protected] > 45°38' N, 122°6' W > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
