Subj : Contemplations?
To   : Vince Coen
From : Jeff Smith
Date : Sun Sep 23 2018 09:23 pm

Hello Vince,

>> Ubuntu is one but CentOS may be another and no doubt there are others.
>> The LTS distros are supported for a five year cycle with a upgrade facility
>> for the next version of the LTS so should work well BUT do not upgrade for 
>> a few months after release - let other work the bugs out.

> Right now I am either looking at staying with (Actually upgrading to the
> current LTS version of Ubuntu) or installing CentOS on a spare PC of similar
> hardware and testing it prior to running/restoring BBBS onto t he machine.
> At the moment I use Linux Mint on the PC that I do my daily desktop PC'ing.

Looks like I might need to find another test machine to install CentOS-7 on.  
As CentOS 7 has both HD selection issues and installation issues using a one 
year old Gigabyte motherboard. Sadly, Gigabyte doesn't look to have much 
support for Linux flavored OS's.  And I am not about to involve the BBBS 
machine until sufficient testing is completed.

I should note that Ubuntu Linux v14 -> v16 installed on the same PC just  fine. 
:-) (Did I just whisper in my own ear?)

Jeff

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