On Mon, 31 Dec 2012, Michael Goddard wrote:
On 29/12/12 21:55, James Freer wrote:
Just out of interest i was wondering if many folk on here use Centos.
I've decided now to stop using *buntu after 5 years. I've had a few gripes with *buntu in the past and two bugs in xubuntu i found in (im)Precise - time for a change. Besides that i've been wondering why some packages are being left out - apparently dpkg have changed their description fields and if the author doesn't amend they are left out. *buntu seem to be going on a downhill slide in lots of areas and before unity.
Whilst I have used Linux fort the past 15 years, I remain the eternal newbie! However, during that time I have tried most of the then current top 20 distros, and IMHO Centos 6.3 is the best if 'stability' is your prime requirement. A rock solid distro without unnecessary bells and whistles with a Gnome desktop on installation, but with option of adding KDE which then becomes a choice of either at bootup.
Well worth a look is stability and simplicity are most favoured.
Michael
I did try Centos a couple of years ago - i'd agree stability and simplicity are it's strong points. I only reverted to xubuntu when the 6 installation discs were a bit much on my broadband allocation.
I was just wondering if many on ALUG use it.
james