JEOS LAMP Server - 8.04LTS or 9.10?

[NoOp]

On 05/06/2009 07:36 AM, Preston Kutzner wrote:
> On May 5, 2009, at 11:15 PM, NoOp wrote:
> 
>> While long an advocate for LTS, I'd add that it is a serious pain to
>> transition/upgrade from an LTS to a non-LTS later on. There seriously
>> needs to be an upgrade application that will allow someone to do this.
>> Example: just upgrading from hardy 8.04 to Jaunty 9.04 is a two day
>> process for a single machine. I am in the process of updating several,
>> and on my primary hardy machine (2.4Ghz/1GB ram) just going from hardy
>> to intrepid has been an all day process (still not finished); I  
>> started
>> around 10:00 this morning, it's now 21:00, and I am just now getting  
>> to
>> the nvidia driver install so that I can change the video to a  
>> reasonable
>> screen resolution. Not to mention that I have to train the user how to
>> restart the machine using System|Shut Down instead of clicking the
>> little green guy who seems to have lost his viagra and only provides
>> 'Log out' and 'Switch user' options. Tomorrow will be: 1) fixing
>> intrepid so that I can upgrade to jaunty, 2) spending yet another day
>> (at least) upgrading to jaunty.
> 
> NoOp,
> 
> Were you using the LTS version for a server installation, or desktop?   
> I can't quite tell from your post.  I would definitely say that if  
> you're using it in a desktop role, that going with the non-LTS release  
> would probably be more advisable.  I was recommending LTS purely for a  
> server role.  Most IT houses generally like to wait a little longer  
> between release upgrades, so the non-LTS's 6-month release cycle is a  
> little too frequent for them, even if you do extend it out to the 18  
> months that Charlie mentioned.  Smaller shops could probably get away  
> with this, but larger shops would probably be reluctant.  Good point  
> about moving from LTS to non-LTS, though.

Yes... my apologies, I should have clarified that my issues with LTS are
primarily for the desktop versions & one of my servers with a desktop
installed on top.