[Cialug] Upgrade questions

[David Champion]

Josh More wrote:

> For workstations, however, you need quick access to new features.  This
> means 
> prompt minor-version updates (security still matters!) and fast
> major-version 
> updates.  Support is less important.  I recommend OpenSUSE, Fedora Core,
> 
> and Ubuntu for this use.  Mandrake likely fits here too, but I've not
> used it lately, 
> so I will let Dave weigh in. 

I love Mandriva a desktop OS. For a Server OS, the only thing I don't 
like is the frequent full upgrade issue. They have now switched over to 
a yearly release schedule (they would previously release a new version 
about twice a year).

However, as a web developer, it's nice to have access to the latest / 
greatest versions of your tools, and Mandriva does a pretty good job of 
that.

For the out-of-town co-located servers we administer, we tend to use 
Debian now because it's a little easier to keep updated. But we run 
Mandriva on our in-town servers.

-dc