Hey all.
Regarding updates breaking the system, NixOS might be worth a try.
The functional nature of the package manager there lets you try out an
update, either live or in a VM, as well as roll back to the old
configuration in case of problems. Due to the design there's no risk
in building update
Duncan:
> Peter Stuge posted on Sat, 09 Aug 2014 10:34:58 +0200 as excerpted:
>
>> Duncan wrote:
>>> Red Hat is the gold standard, very long term commercial support,
>>> IIRC 10 years, and very good community relations
>>
>> I've heard this on occasion, but reality is actually quite different.
>>
Peter Stuge posted on Sat, 09 Aug 2014 10:34:58 +0200 as excerpted:
> Duncan wrote:
>> Red Hat is the gold standard, very long term commercial support,
>> IIRC 10 years, and very good community relations
>
> I've heard this on occasion, but reality is actually quite different.
>
> Red Hat is a s
Duncan wrote:
> Red Hat is the gold standard, very long term commercial support,
> IIRC 10 years, and very good community relations
I've heard this on occasion, but reality is actually quite different.
Red Hat is a software service provider. They do whatever their paying
customers ask for. They d
Igor posted on Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:12:27 +0400 as excerpted:
> About 60% of all the packages are installed and work with nodep flag
> without any problems for years. Most of the maintainers just depend on
> new packages not knowing if it's necessary or not resulting in a really
> HUGE update that
