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[Bob Harold]

Timothy Butler wrote:

> >     That's why I like RHEL so much (presumably CentOS would be the same, 
> > since only differs in minor ways). You can run the same RHEL release for 
> > over half a decade. They offer security updates, but they backport those 
> > to the same software versions that came with the system, that way 
> > features don't shift around when just trying to keep the system stable 
> > and secure.
>  
 
Ubuntu has "Long Term Support" (LTS) releases, like 8.04LTS, that get 
5 years support for server and 3 years for desktop.  That is what I 
just loaded, to replace a Fedora 7 server that is out of support.


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Bob Harold