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Re: [PLUG] Mother board/ Linux OS suggestions
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On Wed, 23 May 2007, Art Alexion wrote:
> And if you are going to use Ubuntu, stick with the LTS (long term support)
> releases. The current one is 6.06.1. There are 2 years left on its 3 year
> support cycle. Releases like 7.04 are set to release every 6 months with the
> newest software and have a much shorter support period.
>
> I have found each release to have some rough edges at first, and on a
> production machine, you will lose some time smoothing them out. Why do it
> every six months?
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> _____________________________________________________________
> Art Alexion
>
Well this is true if you want the latest and greatest but my current
system (SUSE 7.3) has been in service for at least 6 years with very
little updating. Certainly not in the last 2 years as it is no longer
update supported. I go with the assumption if it ain't broke don't mess
with it. Especially if it is something you really depend on. This server
runs my day to day activities - phone, email, domain serving, web serving,
home control. It is literally the brains here.
So whatever I put online to replace it will (hopefully) have the same
lifespan and reliability.
Doug
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