Re: Summary: Which Linux distribution is stable yet up-to-date

On Wed, 2 Dec 2015 12:47:53 +0200 Shlomi Fish wrote: > I would recommend against Arch Linux because, like I said, its > installations can be left in an unusable state if one forgets to > update it frequently enough. I'm not sure about Void Linux as I never > used it. I had

Re: Summary: Which Linux distribution is stable yet up-to-date

On Wed, 2 Dec 2015 13:32:20 +0200 Shlomi Fish wrote: > Sorry for being unclear, but by "unusable state" I meant that one can > no longer upgrade the system it using "pacman -Syu" (or whatever the > command is) because it gives errors. The system itself works fine but > will

Re: Summary: Which Linux distribution is stable yet up-to-date

> > I would recommend against Arch Linux because, like I said, its > installations can be left in an unusable state if one forgets to update > it frequently enough. I'm not sure about Void Linux as I never used it. > That's factually incorrect. If you current state is stable, it will remain

Re: Summary: Which Linux distribution is stable yet up-to-date

Hello Yuval, On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Yuval Adam wrote: > > > > > I would recommend against Arch Linux because, like I said, its > > installations can be left in an unusable state if one forgets to update > > it frequently enough. I'm not sure about Void Linux as I never

Re: Summary: Which Linux distribution is stable yet up-to-date

I never said Fedora is unstable! Arch can be unstable because it try to be on the bleeding edge, Fedora is "bleeding edge" as far as a stable release can be. and it has a short release/support cycle. -- Rabin On 1 December 2015 at 20:10, Omer Zak wrote: > Yesterday I posted my

Summary: Which Linux distribution is stable yet up-to-date

Yesterday I posted my question about selecting a Linux distribution to serve as the host Linux distribution for a system which runs Docker and a virtualization system. For such a system, I'll want to use a stable but up-to-date kernel. Unstable distributions will be operated inside a virtual

Debian Testing (was: Re: Summary: Which Linux distribution is stable yet up-to-date)

Actually, Debian Testing is a bad alternative when wishing to trade off stability vs. being up-to-date. On one hand, while Debian Testing is mostly stable, things break all the time (and get fixed within few days). Not good when you depend upon a working system for your work. The worst breakages

Re: Summary: Which Linux distribution is stable yet up-to-date

I tried to avoid this discussion but I'm a little surprised that nobody mentioned Debian Testing. I've used it as a desktop for a decade or so and it had a great combination of very good stability (i.e. I can't recall it ever disappointed me) and still relatively up to date. But then again - it's