Hello Matthew, On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 14:27:47 -0400 Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 07:25:25PM +0200, wwp wrote: > > I've just got a Dell XPS 15 (9590) at work and need to set up a stable > > GNU/Linux system on it. I thought of CentOS7, but.. obviously its > > kernel can't run on this hardware. > > What sense of the word "stable" are you looking for?It's a good question. When I wrote that, I was wondering what do I mean saying "stable". Provided that it could be a top-recent kernel or a respin, I guess that the stable concept is potentially gone. Say, instead of stable, something not rawhide. But I'll examine all options that do work, so let's forget about "stable". Regards, -- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20170727/fa579875/attachment-0001.sig>
On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 08:38:14PM +0200, wwp wrote:> Say, instead of stable, something not rawhide. But I'll examine all > options that do work, so let's forget about "stable".In that case ? and I freely admit I have some bias here ? I highly recommend Fedora. It's not stable in the sense of strict ABI compliance, although we try to minimize disruption within the 13-month life of a release, but it is stable in the "does not crash" sense. -- Matthew Miller <mattdm at fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader
Did you already try current Centos? If yes what was the problem? Why it did not work? On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 08:38:14PM +0200, wwp wrote: > > Say, instead of stable, something not rawhide. But I'll examine all > > options that do work, so let's forget about "stable". > > In that case ? and I freely admit I have some bias here ? I highly > recommend Fedora. It's not stable in the sense of strict ABI > compliance, although we try to minimize disruption within the 13-month > life of a release, but it is stable in the "does not crash" sense. > > -- > Matthew Miller > <mattdm at fedoraproject.org> > Fedora Project Leader > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
Hello Matthew, On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 15:59:35 -0400 Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 08:38:14PM +0200, wwp wrote: > > Say, instead of stable, something not rawhide. But I'll examine all > > options that do work, so let's forget about "stable". > > In that case ? and I freely admit I have some bias here ? I highly > recommend Fedora. It's not stable in the sense of strict ABI > compliance, although we try to minimize disruption within the 13-month > life of a release, but it is stable in the "does not crash" sense.Right, I'm currently digging that way, struggling a bit w/ the way I write the F26 ISO to a USB flashdrive (I'll succeed tomorrow, found better howtos to get rid of unetbootin issues). Fedora could be stable enough even if not a standard/reference in industry at all (which sticks to RH releases), I would have loved a CentOS because it is way more compliant to my "corporate" needs (LTS), but a Fedora could be do it, if it really does it, at least until CentOS8 is out. Regards, -- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20170727/a8ebc752/attachment-0001.sig>