Re: what Linux to run

>>
>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, hamann(dot)w(at)t-online(dot)de wrote:
>>
>> > one thing you might want to consider is system lifetime: some distro may
>> > be set up so that you more or less have to reinstall within 2 years, if
>> > you plan to use update service - others may be longer. Now, fast
>> > development is great AND allows you to change to better hardware easily.
>> > It does however mean that you might get surprised with a different
>> > postgres version at times you dont really like it. If you plan to install
>> > from source, this would not be of any concern
>>
>> Wolfgang,
>>
>> Most updates fix security vulnerabilities. If you keep current with those
>> there's not a compelling need to upgrade the distribution itself unless you
>> want to do so. There's a distinction between the distribution itself
>> (kernel, and GNU tools) and the end-user applications bundled with the
>> distribution. Also, the distributions with which I'm familiar allow you to
>> select the applications to upgrade so you can avoid surprises.
>>

Hi Rich,

if - after say 18 months, I do no longer get updates (this seems to be lifecycle of
the locally popular SuSE), it means that you either have to do an upgrade install
or forget about security fixes. Now the upgrade install might bring you some software
with incompatible changes, or even might replace some software you used to rely on
with something different
After some unpleasant surprises I stopped to upgrade: rather get a fresh box, install
everything there, and once it plays nicely, swap them

Regards
Wolfgang