I'm just considering running a desktop on my home network. On Aug 19, 2015 10:45 AM, "Rich Burroughs" <r...@richburroughs.com> wrote:
> I used Mint some and liked it a lot. Not as a real desktop though, just for > a lightweight VM. > > For the OP, it could be helpful for people to hear some more specifics > about what you want to do with the box. Is this for a home desktop system, > are you a developer, what is the scenario you're using it for? What kind of > hardware are you running it on? > > For my $0.02 I think something like Mint could be good, as well as Ubuntu > or CentOS. Some of these options have live images that you can download and > boot off of to try them for yourself. > > I've used Debian also and thought it was a decent desktop, although I > really wasn't doing multimedia on it. I think Slackware would be near the > bottom on my list but maybe that's just ignorance, I haven't used it in a > long time. > > > Rich > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 8:22 AM Paul Heinlein <heinl...@madboa.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, 19 Aug 2015, Jim Webb wrote: > > > > > I'm going to start using Linux again. I'm interested in a run of the > > > mill distribution that works well and isn't cutting edge. What do > > > you suggest? > > > > My reading of your request is that you'd prefer stability over having > > the latest and greatest features. With that in mind... > > > > Ubuntu is easy to install and has gobs of packages available. If you > > stick to one of the LTS (long-term support) releases, you won't have > > to upgrade very often. > > > > CentOS is (to my mind) the gold standard for distributions with > > long-term stability. You'll have to learn how to add additional > > repositories like EPEL or ELRepo for access to a wider variety of > > packages, but it's not too difficult. CentOS 7 is relatively new and > > will likely outlast your current hardware. :-) > > > > Debian stable isn't quite as easy to install as Ubuntu, but it's rock > > solid and easy to manage. > > > > Some engineers at my last company absolutely loved Linux Mint (as > > others in this thread obviously do as well), but I don't have any > > hands-on experience with it. > > > > -- > > Paul Heinlein > > heinl...@madboa.com > > 45°38' N, 122°6' W_______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
