I never said Fedora is unstable! Arch can be unstable because it try to be on the bleeding edge,
Fedora is "bleeding edge" as far as a stable release can be. and it has a short release/support cycle. -- Rabin On 1 December 2015 at 20:10, Omer Zak <w...@zak.co.il> wrote: > Yesterday I posted my question about selecting a Linux distribution to > serve as the host Linux distribution for a system which runs Docker and > a virtualization system. > > For such a system, I'll want to use a stable but up-to-date kernel. > > Unstable distributions will be operated inside a virtual machine or a > Docker container, as needed. > > Several people responded with suggestions. > > Rabin Yasharzadehe suggested Arch and Fedora - both as unstable > distributions. > Shlomi Fish suggested Mageia, which gets a release roughly every 9 > months. Its unstable counterpart is Cauldron. He had a problem using > VirtualBox (the virtualization solution which I am currently using) on > Mageia. > Yuval Adam claims that Arch Linux manages to be extremely stable without > losing the ability to get frequent updates. > Jeremy Hoyland suggested the use of Linux Mint. But he said nothing > about its stability. > Steve Litt proposes the use of a rolling release. He recommends Void as > more stable than the alternatives. Unlike me, systemd use or avoidance > is for him a religious issue. > Sara Fink suggests Gentoo, which has what to offer to both sides of the > systemd divide. Not clear how stable is it. > Tzafrir Cohen pointed out that Debian Stable strives to maintain a > stable interface to Kernel modules. > > The winners so far are Arch and Void. > > Yet another option is to use Debian Stable as the host operating system, > like I did so far, but compile and install my own kernel builds > according to the instructions in places such as: > > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-building-installing-a-custom-linux-kernel/ > > User space programs, which rely upon bleeding-edge features of the > kernel, will be run from containers as needed, thus hopefully > restricting somewhat any damage they could cause. > > Thanks to all responders. > --- Omer > > > -- > We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children > more than they hate us. > Golda Meir (Israeli Prime Minister between 1969-1974) > My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ > > My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. > They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which > I may be affiliated in any way. > WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >
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