server distros

[Dave Cramer]

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Andrej Marjan <andrej-igvx78u1SeH3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:09 PM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>> Fernando Duran wrote:
>>>
>>> If your goal is ease of upgrading then go Ubuntu or Debian; they are
>>> "upgradable" in place if you do a bit of preparation  (I've done this for
>>> example):http://rimuhosting.com/knowledgebase/linux/distros/dist-upgrade
>>>
>>
>> I believe openSUSE can also be upgraded in place, if the Tumbleweed
>> repostitory is used.
>
>
> Tumbleweed is a rolling update distribution, so upgrading is ongoing.
>
> I've upgraded an openSUSE desktop in place with zypper and it worked, but it
> was less mature than Debian for sure. Debian's been doing it the longest by
> far, so it stands to reason that they'd be the best at it.

I installed debian today, was disappointed that kvm requires manual
setup. ubuntu has an option when installing and sets everything up for
you.

Dave
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