On 10/23/2014 10:30 AM, Steven Rosenberg wrote:
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 1:53 AM, Gilboa Davara <gilboad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'd personally go with CentOS 7.0 (if all the required software is
there) or Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
CentOS will most likely out-live Windows 7 and maintains a very strict
update policy (you'll have to work hard to break it) and once
installed correctly, will require little administrative attention. On
the down side, CentOS has far less packaged software compared to
Fedora / Debian / Ubuntu (Even w/ EPEL and RPMFusion enabled).
Ubuntu has far more software, is easier to use, but the Ubuntu's LTS
policy is far less strict than CentOS so breakage due to updates is
more common.
I'm also thinking about CentOS in this use case. It's still a bit
early for CentOS 7 in terms of both stability and extra repos, but
if/when I use CentOS in this manner, I will be using the El Repo and
the Nux Dextop repos -- http://li.nux.ro/repos.html. With Nux
especially, you get all the extra applications that CentOS is
generally missing.
I really want to avoid distros in which you have to install repos from
different
sources to get what you need.
I find that problematic for a novice due to possible conflicts between
packages
from different distros. These conflicts occur due to dependencies not
being in
sync between the packages of the main repo and the packages of the
complimentary
repo.
--
Steven Rosenberg
http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog
http://blogs.dailynews.com/click
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