[PLUG] Which Distribution has best staying power?

[Marvin Kosmal]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 4:47 PM, C W <elcaseti at gmail.com> wrote:

> I recommend the KDE4 version of Linux Mint.  I've been using KDE Linux Mint
> for about 4 years now, & it's very easy to use, just keeps working.  Adobe
> Flash, & all of the codecs you need are ready to go without needing to
> install them or tinker at all.  Also, Mint does offer some LTS releases.
>
> There's a reason Mint has beat out Ubuntu & is at the very top of
> Distrowatch's page hit rankings.
> http://distrowatch.com/stats.php?section=popularity
>
> KDE Mint 9 is LTS:  http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1495
>
> Cheers,
> Elcaset
>



I couldn't find where it said Mint 9 is LTS:

Probably in BIG letters and I missed it..

Thanks

Marvin




>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Eric Wilhelm <enobacon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > # from chris (fool) mccraw
> > # on Wednesday 16 November 2011 08:29:
> >
> > >ok everyone bust out your longest-running-linux story--this might get
> > >hilarious =)
> >
> > My workstation is running etch and has been up for over a year since the
> > last time it was shutdown for a hardware update (and I think it might
> > have been a year since the shutdown before that.)  Not very funny
> > really, especially when I think about "upgrading" to KDE 4.
> >
> > --Eric
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