For me ubintu 11.04 got really stable without unity On Jul 28, 2011 8:15 PM, "Kevin Fries" wrote: > I have been using Ubuntu because I have found it quite stable... until > 11.04. I have found Natty one of the most unstable POS's since WinME. So, I > too would be interested in this thread. > > Kevin Fries > On Jul 28, 2011 8:35 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