[PLUG] Linux distributions

[Rich Burroughs]

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 <heinlein at 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
> heinlein at madboa.com
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