Jim: I use Linux Mint for some multimedia stuff, stuff like Audacity for audio recording, etc. It comes with all the CODECs, etc. I also often set up any friends who are trying Linux for the first time with Linux Mint. But, I haven't found Linux Mint to be terribly stable.
For industrial control system projects or anything that I really care about, I use Slackware. I have found it to be extremely stable. Slackware is a very conservative distribution and uses a "standard" kernel as released by the kernel developers. Slackware makes more than one sites list of top 10 distributions. Distrowatch.com <http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major> comments that, "if you learn Red Hat, you'll know Red Hat, but if you learn Slackware, you'll know Linux. It also comments that Slackware is one of the least buggy distributions available today. Wayne On 08/19/2015 07:38 AM, 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? > _______________________________________________ > 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
