For stability I have found the and centos to be very stable. As well as slackware and probably centos' upstream scientific linux. Adding to that list deviants has a strong production stability record. On Jul 28, 2011 7:35 PM, wrote: > > What would this esteemed forum's opinions suggest are the top 3 or 4 most > stable (different) Linux distros for personal use (not as a server)? > > While it seems to have been almost universally the case that the hundreds > of Linux distros are continually competing to be the latest and greatest, > most advanced, cutting-edge systems -- continually being "updated" and > made ever-more glitzy and fancy. > > However, are there any distros that strive instead to be rock-solid, > stable, steady work-horses ... rarely (preferably never) requiring > "updates" just to add in more and more of the latest new-fangled whatever? > > Personally, I have preferred distros based on Redhat rather than ubuntu > (Mandrake/Mandriva and PCLinuxOS). I am interested *only* in a > personal-use system mainly for work. And I have zero interest in games. I > really liked the KDE 3.5 system, but I detest KDE 4+ with all of its > nuisance "widgets" and clutter. And I don't care for Gnome. > > Ideally, I would like a system that is as concise and non-bloated as > possible. Every time I have done an "update" on every system I have ever > had, it has resulted in a lot of nuisance issues/problems that have wasted > a lot of time trying to sort out all those issues so I could get back to > work. > > While I realize that the usual reply to a question like this is that > *every* system needs to be frequently "updated" for security reasons ... > that seems to me to be a needless nuisance. I have several older systems > that have run efficiently and reliably 24/7 for years and have *never* > been updated ... and I have never had a problem with them. But they are > now several years old and I would like to get something newer. > > What say you? > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss