Subj : Contemplations?
To : Vince Coen
From : Jeff Smith
Date : Sun Sep 23 2018 09:23 pm
Hello Vince,
>> Ubuntu is one but CentOS may be another and no doubt there are others.
>> The LTS distros are supported for a five year cycle with a upgrade facility
>> for the next version of the LTS so should work well BUT do not upgrade for
>> a few months after release - let other work the bugs out.
> Right now I am either looking at staying with (Actually upgrading to the
> current LTS version of Ubuntu) or installing CentOS on a spare PC of similar
> hardware and testing it prior to running/restoring BBBS onto t he machine.
> At the moment I use Linux Mint on the PC that I do my daily desktop PC'ing.
Looks like I might need to find another test machine to install CentOS-7 on.
As CentOS 7 has both HD selection issues and installation issues using a one
year old Gigabyte motherboard. Sadly, Gigabyte doesn't look to have much
support for Linux flavored OS's. And I am not about to involve the BBBS
machine until sufficient testing is completed.
I should note that Ubuntu Linux v14 -> v16 installed on the same PC just fine.
:-) (Did I just whisper in my own ear?)
