<p dir="ltr">Hi,<br>
I'm not sure what your criteria are but, IMO, for you will be best served using something very common in the docker community. Ubuntu or Debian are definitely the most common choices. Docker support Centos/RHEL/Ubuntu for their commercially supported versions.<br>
Using less standard distros will marginalize your ability to learn from the community in an uncomfortably small ecosystem.<br>
I personally found that Ubuntu 15.04 downgraded back to upstart works well and I'm usually not the first to run into any particular problem.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Thanks,<br>
Yonah<br>
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On Tue, Dec 1, 2015, 20:12 Omer Zak <<a href="mailto:w1@zak.co.il">w1@zak.co.il</a>> wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">For such a system, I'll want to use a stable but up-to-date kernel.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Unstable distributions will be operated inside a virtual machine or a<br>
Docker container, as needed.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Several people responded with suggestions.</p>
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The winners so far are Arch and Void.</p>
<p dir="ltr">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/">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-building-installing-a-custom-linux-kernel/</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks to all responders.<br>
--- Omer<br></p>
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