At Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:21:08 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > 1) Ubuntu really needs more frequent total updates (it is not a
> > long-term stable release). The Ubuntu system that was on the local
> > library's server was unable to get updates (apt-get would fail -- I
> > ended up manually downloading packages and installing by hand (using raw
> > dpkg commands -- ala using raw rpm instead of yum).
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> Ubuntu has the LTS releases, which are long term stable releases. They are
> supported for five years after release.
>
> I run Ubuntu along with other Linux distros for various purposes and I've
> never had an update problem with it. Perhaps that system was pointing to a
> flaky mirror?
I don't really know. The guy who set it up originally was somewhat
unhelpfull. I'm guessing he didn't use a LTS release and did not really
set things up well. I took over management of the system without really
any experience with Ubuntu (or Debian).
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> Perhaps it is getting trendy to beat up on non-Centos distros here on the
> Centos list?
No, I don't think so, *I* just had a bad experience dealing with a
Ubuntu setup and had problems dealing with it. And generally found a
marked *lack* of support from the Ubuntu forums or from the guy who
originally set the system up. For *me* it was just easier to install
CentOS, and having done so, things just worked better. I have set up
CentOS for other 'non techies' and things have worked well.
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> Geoff Galitz
> Blankenheim NRW, Germany
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