[ccp4bb] linux upgrade preferences for CCP4

2011-12-21 Thread Paul Kraft
hello, I'm considering upgrading my linux software from CENTOS5 to perhaps Fedora or UBUNTO. Does anyone have an opinion about the best linux version to upgrade to for not only CCP4 but also for general robustness and for the best standard apps..Thanks Paul Dr. Paul Kraft Structural Biologist

Re: [ccp4bb] linux upgrade preferences for CCP4

2011-12-21 Thread Sabuj Pattanayek
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Paul Kraft haresea...@yahoo.com wrote: hello, I'm considering upgrading my linux software from CENTOS5 to perhaps Fedora or UBUNTO. Does anyone have an opinion about the best linux version to centos 6

Re: [ccp4bb] linux upgrade preferences for CCP4

2011-12-21 Thread David Schuller
Opinions? You want opinions? On this mailing list? This one ought to keep us going until the new year. As for Fedora v. Ubuntu, my opinion is that Fedora is better for a centrally managed system, whereas Ubuntu is perhaps more convenient for a single owner-operator. Fedora uses the RPM

Re: [ccp4bb] linux upgrade preferences for CCP4

2011-12-21 Thread Ethan Merritt
On Wednesday, 21 December 2011, Paul Kraft wrote: hello, I'm considering upgrading my linux software from CENTOS5 to perhaps Fedora or UBUNTO. Does anyone have an opinion about the best linux version to upgrade to for not only CCP4 but also for general robustness and for the best standard

Re: [ccp4bb] linux upgrade preferences for CCP4

2011-12-21 Thread mjvdwoerd
-sound in the computer room. :-) Mark -Original Message- From: Paul Kraft haresea...@yahoo.com To: CCP4BB CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 1:29 pm Subject: [ccp4bb] linux upgrade preferences for CCP4 hello, I'm considering upgrading my linux software from CENTOS5 to perhaps

Re: [ccp4bb] linux upgrade preferences for CCP4

2011-12-21 Thread Sabuj Pattanayek
The price of stability is that you don't get all the latest stuff. In SL6.1, the current version of Firefox is 3.6.24, and the image rendering is SLOW. I am wondering if I want to go back that far in time. Not out of the box, but the latest ffx works in centos6. I think there are third party

Re: [ccp4bb] linux upgrade preferences for CCP4

2011-12-21 Thread George Reeke
On Wed, 2011-12-21 at 15:40 -0500, Sabuj Pattanayek wrote: On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Paul Kraft haresea...@yahoo.com wrote: hello, I'm considering upgrading my linux software from CENTOS5 to perhaps Fedora or UBUNTO. Does anyone have an opinion about the best linux version to

Re: [ccp4bb] linux upgrade preferences for CCP4

2011-12-21 Thread Sabuj Pattanayek
FWIW, I use RHEL 5 = CentOS 5 and recently upgraded to 6. Everything I use (not crystallographic software) works fine except vmware workstation currently does not work on it, Tried upgrading to vmware workstation v8? Compat guide :

Re: [ccp4bb] linux upgrade preferences for CCP4

2011-12-21 Thread David Schuller
Fedora releases are supported for about a year from initial release. Red Hat Enterprise, Centos and Scientific Linux are all supported for about 5 years. -- === All Things Serve the Beam

Re: [ccp4bb] linux upgrade preferences for CCP4

2011-12-21 Thread Francois Berenger
On 12/22/2011 06:56 AM, David Schuller wrote: Fedora releases are supported for about a year from initial release. Red Hat Enterprise, Centos and Scientific Linux are all supported for about 5 years. Ubuntu has long term support distributions as well: Starting with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [...]