IMO, unless you just like upgrading your OS on a frequent basis and the
migraines that go with it, choose some sort of LTS (long-term-support)
release. Currently I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (good for 5 years), but
CentOS or Mint would be good choices, too, and that is what I considered
when I upgraded from my last LTS distribution. Ubuntu (at least for now)
makes it easy to configure hardware and is a popular known quantity for
protein crystallographic software. I had too many hardware compatibility
issues with Fedora about 5 years ago and gave up trying to maintain it.
Cheers,
_______________________________________
Roger S. Rowlett
Gordon & Dorothy Kline Professor
Department of Chemistry
Colgate University
13 Oak Drive
Hamilton, NY 13346
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email: rrowl...@colgate.edu
On 1/17/2013 11:33 AM, David Roberts wrote:
I'm sorry to re-hash this issue, but I just wanted to know what the
present general consensus is on linux flavors. I teach a
crystallography class every 2 years, and I have a small cluster of
computers running fedora, but the deal is that by the time I get
around to my class, fedora has routinely gone up at least 2 levels
since my last upgrade, meaning that the latest software and things are
difficult at best to load on.
I'm OK with any linux, I just want one that will be able to run the
majority (if not all) of the typical crystallography packages (cns,
ccp4, coot, etc...). I also would like one that works well with nfs
and local file sharing. I can upgrade fedora, no problem, but I
thought I may branch out if others think there are better flavors out
there.
Thanks so much
Dave Roberts
