[PLUG] Which Distribution has best staying power?

Jeff Maher jeffm at jetexpedited.com
Fri Nov 18 19:46:02 UTC 2011


I've been using Mint since version 5 and it has been very solid, even on 
old hardware (PIII 600, PIII 733, original P4).

All Mint releases and when their support ends as well as which versions 
are LTS can be found here:
     http://www.linuxmint.com/oldreleases.php

Regards,

Jeff Maher


On 11/18/11 05:24, C W wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Marvin Kosmal<mkosmal at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> Mint doesn't seem to advertise which releases are LTS.  Why, I don't
> know.  You can tell by what release of Kubuntu it's based on.  KDE Mint 9
> is based on Kubuntu 10.04, so they're both LTS.  The KDE Mint that comes
> out a few months after Kubuntu 12.04 will also be LTS, as it's based on
> Kubuntu 12.04.  It would be nice if Mint were to start advertising that
> fact from now on.
>
> Elcaset
>
>>
>>> 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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