On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:52:43 +1100, "chris smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ubuntu or debian are good choices (ubuntu is kept more up to date, the > debian-stable branch only gets updated with security releases between > major versions).
Having said that, Debian Sid is usually pretty bleeding-edge. And, although it is considered the 'Unstable' branch, it is nowhere near as bas as people think. I'm typing this e-mail on an amd64 box running Debian Sid amd64, current uptime 54 days, last reboot due to installing a new UPS. But then again, one of my hats is SysAdmin, so I can deal with update/upgrade issues better than the average end-user... The only issue for me really is that Quanta has become a bit unstable recently (a known bug, reported on Bugzilla) but other than that, I love Debian. My personal recommendation is Debian Stable (currently Sarge) for mission-critical servers, Debian Testing (currently Etch) for workstations, and Debian Unstable (always Sid) if you need the latest and greatest on your workstation. I do have a few servers running Testing, but would not use Unstable on a mission-critical server. We run Debian on just about all our work boxen. Heck, we even run Debian on our SUN hardware... Hope that helps. Regards, Ozz.
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