Thanks all. These insights are useful. Hery’s explanation of their choice to move to Debian provides a good argument. I had just tried Ubuntu 20.04 in a parallels virtual machine and my server app worked ok. I will try a Debian build too. I wonder why LC don’t state support for later Ubuntu, Fedora or Debian builds?
Sean Cole Pi Digital > On 13 Dec 2020, at 19:27, Heriberto Torrado via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi Sean, > > I've been using LiveCode on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 for years (Servers and > Desktops) and it worked fine. A years ago we migrated everything to CentOS / > RedHat and Fedora (development machines and servers). However, we are going > to migrate everything to Debian. > Debian is very stable and offers the same user experience on Laptops, > Workstations and Servers. > > Ubuntu is a good system, but after the drift from CentOS with IBM I don't > want to put the heart of our systems in the hands of any big company. > What would happen if tomorrow Ubuntu is acquired by Microsoft and they decide > to charge money for it? That's not the case with Debian: Debian is completely > independent and rock solid. > > I live between Madrid and New York and in both cities there are good > professional companies who offer commercial technical support for Debian, so > you don't need any big and greedy corps getting their hands on your IT > systems. > > Best, > Hery > > > > >> On 12/13/20 12:40 PM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I just heard the news that RedHat is going to be dropping support for >> CentOS. With my recent issues with PDF Printing in CentOS, I was already >> looking to perhaps try out CentOS8 or another Dist. but now we have this >> news I'm thinking of going to Ubuntu. >> >> The release notes for LC says it supports Ubuntu 16.04, which is cool. But >> I notice my server host says they have 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 and 20.10. Is >> anyone out there running LC on one of these later builds of Ubuntu? I'd >> like to hear your thoughts. Or maybe I should be looking at Fedora. >> >> All the very best >> >> Sean Cole >> *Pi Digital * >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
