Sounds like Ubuntu is exactly what you are looking for. For any updates
Ubuntu will fix the original version shipped with the LTS, so you don't
have any worries about a new version being introduced and messing
everything up.
Brian Cluff
On 09/29/2015 08:32 AM, Keith Smith wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 14.04LTS in a test environment because I needed a
> newer version of PHP and MySql than what CentOS 7 (RHEL 7) comes with.
>
> I've been using CentOS and / or RHEL for about 7 years and am
> comfortable with it. I am especially appreciative of how RHEL
> backports so no packages are broken.
>
> After configuring and using Ubuntu 14.04LTS I would like to move to it
> in production.
>
> I have heard horror stories of distributions upgrading to a newer
> version of Apache, MySql, and/or PHP and breaking the server or the
> apps running on the server.
>
> I'm wondering how Ubuntu deals with this type of potential problem.
>
> According to this page : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS Ubuntu 14.04LTS
> will be supported until late 2019. That is almost 5 years on the same
> version. I would expect to stay on 14.04LTS for probably 3 or 4 years
> depending on what comes down the pike.
>
> Thank you in advance for your insight!!
>
> Keith
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