[Wylug-help] Which distro?

[Robert Ward]

Ubuntu 10.04 is the same as Ubuntu LTS(Long Term Support) at the moment. LTS
is used to refer to the last release with the 3/5 year support, 10.04 is the
relase number.

Hope that helps.

Rob

On 22 July 2011 12:23, Roger <roger at roger-beaumont.co.uk> wrote:

> First, thanks to all for your suggestions.
>
>
> On 22/07/2011 11:02, John Hodrien wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 22 Jul 2011, Roger wrote:
>>
>>> A friend is at last becoming disenchanted with 'Doze.
>>>
>> <snip>
>
> I'd say you've spotted the important bits, the long-term support. That
>> gives
>> you a choice of things like Ubuntu LTS / Scientific Linux / CentOS. If
>> it was
>> me, I'd be picking between SL and CentOS. That keeps him good until his
>> machine goes pop.
>>
>
> His machine been staggering on for a long time now (with the occasional new
> HD), but XP has been perceived to be gradually slowing down (is it paranoia
> to suspect an M$ strategy to build this into the innumerable updates?)
>  That's why I'm recommending a clean new installation of Linux!
>
> I use CentOS (64) on my server, but the mouse support seems flaky on the
> odd occasion I use it as a workstation (it stops working until I reboot -
> something I don't normally expect from Linux) but I can't be bothered to fix
> that since I rarely do use it as a workstation and it performs flawlessly in
> its main role as a RAID file-server...
>
> Ubuntu has now been suggested by three people, so I'm tempted to go that
> way, however, you suggest "Ubuntu LTS", while Simon Greenwood suggests
> "Ubuntu 10.04"
>
> Please, what, if anything, is the difference?
>
> Again, thanks to all who are giving help.
>
>
> R
>
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