On 08/22/2012 08:38 AM, Tim wrote:
Tim:
Just pick an OS that doesn't need updating/discarding all the time.
Eddie G. O'Connor Jr:
Which OS's would that be?...just to satisfy my own curiosity?...
There's CentOS, and there was (may still be) a long life version of
Ubuntu. Where you install a particular release, and there isn't a
cut-off date for the creation of any updates. So, you can do package
updates for years to come, without having to do a destroy and rebuild
total upgrade. Of course, you get older, less changed, applications.
But that's not so much of an issue on a file server, where you don't use
web browsers, word processors, etc.
Or there are rolling-update distros, like Gentoo (if it's still around,a
and still works, that way). Where everything installed is updated, as
needs be, bit by bit. So, what was installed 4 years ago, is never an
out-of-date system.
And, for the true gluttons for punishment, you can roll your own install
from the source files. If you like, you can have very little other than
core files and networking. No Gnome, KDE, whatever...
WOW!..that is AWESOME!......hmm but now I'm thinking I should "switch"
to CEntOS?....LoL! Nah....I'm NEVER leaving Fedora!...But I do have an
old Dell Optiplex....running WIndows XP right now.....hmm.....maybe a
new "face" with Ubuntu?...or Gentoo? (Who's update model I think sounds
good!) Wish me luck!!
EGO II
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