<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I never said Fedora is unstable!<br>Arch can be unstable because it try to be on the bleeding edge,<br><br>Fedora is "bleeding edge" as far as a stable release can be. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">and it has a short release/support cycle.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">--<br>Rabin</span></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 December 2015 at 20:10, Omer Zak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:w1@zak.co.il" target="_blank">w1@zak.co.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yesterday I posted my question about selecting a Linux distribution to<br>
serve as the host Linux distribution for a system which runs Docker and<br>
a virtualization system.<br>
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For such a system, I'll want to use a stable but up-to-date kernel.<br>
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Unstable distributions will be operated inside a virtual machine or a<br>
Docker container, as needed.<br>
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Several people responded with suggestions.<br>
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Rabin Yasharzadehe suggested Arch and Fedora - both as unstable<br>
distributions.<br>
Shlomi Fish suggested Mageia, which gets a release roughly every 9<br>
months. Its unstable counterpart is Cauldron. He had a problem using<br>
VirtualBox (the virtualization solution which I am currently using) on<br>
Mageia.<br>
Yuval Adam claims that Arch Linux manages to be extremely stable without<br>
losing the ability to get frequent updates.<br>
Jeremy Hoyland suggested the use of Linux Mint. But he said nothing<br>
about its stability.<br>
Steve Litt proposes the use of a rolling release. He recommends Void as<br>
more stable than the alternatives. Unlike me, systemd use or avoidance<br>
is for him a religious issue.<br>
Sara Fink suggests Gentoo, which has what to offer to both sides of the<br>
systemd divide. Not clear how stable is it.<br>
Tzafrir Cohen pointed out that Debian Stable strives to maintain a<br>
stable interface to Kernel modules.<br>
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The winners so far are Arch and Void.<br>
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Yet another option is to use Debian Stable as the host operating system,<br>
like I did so far, but compile and install my own kernel builds<br>
according to the instructions in places such as:<br>
<a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-building-installing-a-custom-linux-kernel/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-building-installing-a-custom-linux-kernel/</a><br>
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User space programs, which rely upon bleeding-edge features of the<br>
kernel, will be run from containers as needed, thus hopefully<br>
restricting somewhat any damage they could cause.<br>
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Thanks to all responders.<br>
--- Omer<br>
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