[CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

Chan Chung Hang Christopher christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Tue Sep 29 16:23:37 UTC 2009


Niki Kovacs wrote:
> Geoff Galitz a écrit :
>
>   
>> Ubuntu has the LTS releases, which are long term stable releases. They are
>> supported for five years after release.
>>
>>     
> Ubuntu Long Term Support is three years for desktops and five for servers.
>
> In the last LTS version (8.04), half of the audio apps had no sound for 
> a month or so, until Ubuntu fixed the problems with Pulseaudio. At the 
> time, I had given Ubuntu 8.04 a shot in our public libraries and had 
> some very embarrassing moments.
>   
+1. All my Ubuntu 8.04 trial boxes are now XP due to that.

> Solution: stick with CentOS, rock-solid and *real* LTS.
>
>   
Yeah, if only I did not have to put Windows in a vm...
Centos would have done the trick if it was just pure Linux.



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