-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Dave,
if you want to avoid software running, I can recommend Debian stable. Once released, Debian does not change version numbers of any of its packages, they only include security and other fixes for 3-5 years. Debian also follows POSIX and other standards which I personally find extremely convenient. If I know correctly, at least with European system administrators Debian is the most wide spread system with correspondingly large support. Another plus (that comes with conforming to standards): if you do an update you can be confident that your personal settings (printer, network, etc) won't get corrupted - the update system does not overwrite configuration files without asking. Best, Tim On 01/17/2013 05:33 PM, 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 > - -- - -- Dr Tim Gruene Institut fuer anorganische Chemie Tammannstr. 4 D-37077 Goettingen GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFQ+QplUxlJ7aRr7hoRAuAfAKCP/TKush36m2/9NY5fS351QF/n4QCeIOZg r2X5WxQ82KT+HCQZl/5rZWg= =vzXM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
