Conectiva would be my choice. Based on RedHat, but with apt-get like Debian so one never has to reinstall. Just upgrade weekly for security updates and apt-get dist-upgrade when It comes time for that. It is Brazoillian, but is in English and has the best foriegn language compat of any.
http://www.conectiva.com michael stone wrote: > We are talking about setting up a new linux lab and of course the question > comes up: Which distro? > > I have used both SuSE and RH for a little while, and am of the opinion > that SuSE is better from the workstation point of view (security, > stability, ease of use/admin). But there seems to be a push around UT to > use Red Hat as much as possible. > > So, I would _love_ to hear compelling arguments one way or the other. > Feel free to thrown in other suggestions, too. Here's a list of our key > requirements in some sort of haphazard descending order: > > Stability > Security > Ease of administrator stuff (we have a minimal staff) > Ease of user stuff > Support > Package availability > A lack of annoying bugs > plus several others... > > > Thanks for your input, > michael stone > > university of texas at austin > mechanical engineering > multimedia admin > etc 3.132 ph: 471.9657 > dp: 478.4388 #2153 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > Siglinux mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux > > -- Michael H. Collins http://www.linuxlink.com Admiral Penguinista Navy International This ain't California http://www.geekaustin.org Science is not a crime. honk if you fsck _______________________________________________ Siglinux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux
