On Jul 28, 2011 8:15 PM, "Kevin Fries" <kfries6@gmail.com> 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, <joe@actionline.com> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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