On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For a desktop you can run an unsupported OS, such as an old Fedora. > But for a server, use only a supported OS. Server operating systems > generally are supported for five to nine years. Just look at RHEL, > version 4.9 was released shortly after 6.0 and 5.6. That's a lot of > support. > > Why do you resist upgrading the Ubuntu server?
The version I use on the serve is the LTS (Long Term Support) which is supported for 5 years. We are in mid-term. While the upgrades of Ubuntu on my desktop usually went fine here and there I encountered issues. I could live with that as it only affected me. If my server breaks then I am in for rough night and a few hundred other people might not get the service. So I am reducing risk and sticking to use old versions of various applications and libraries. regards Gabor _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
