Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

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).

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?

Perhaps it is getting trendy to beat up on non-Centos distros here on the Centos list?

--------------------------------- Geoff Galitz Blankenheim NRW, Germany http://www.galitz.org/ http://german-way.com/blog/