Summary: Which Linux distribution is stable yet up-to-date

[Rabin Yasharzadehe]

I never said Fedora is unstable!
Arch can be unstable because it try to be on the bleeding edge,

Fedora is "bleeding edge" as far as a stable release can be.
and it has a short release/support cycle.

--
Rabin

On 1 December 2015 at 20:10, Omer Zak <w1 at zak.co.il> wrote:

> Yesterday I posted my question about selecting a Linux distribution to
> serve as the host Linux distribution for a system which runs Docker and
> a virtualization system.
>
> For such a system, I'll want to use a stable but up-to-date kernel.
>
> Unstable distributions will be operated inside a virtual machine or a
> Docker container, as needed.
>
> Several people responded with suggestions.
>
> Rabin Yasharzadehe suggested Arch and Fedora - both as unstable
> distributions.
> Shlomi Fish suggested Mageia, which gets a release roughly every 9
> months. Its unstable counterpart is Cauldron. He had a problem using
> VirtualBox (the virtualization solution which I am currently using) on
> Mageia.
> Yuval Adam claims that Arch Linux manages to be extremely stable without
> losing the ability to get frequent updates.
> Jeremy Hoyland suggested the use of Linux Mint. But he said nothing
> about its stability.
> Steve Litt proposes the use of a rolling release. He recommends Void as
> more stable than the alternatives. Unlike me, systemd use or avoidance
> is for him a religious issue.
> Sara Fink suggests Gentoo, which has what to offer to both sides of the
> systemd divide. Not clear how stable is it.
> Tzafrir Cohen pointed out that Debian Stable strives to maintain a
> stable interface to Kernel modules.
>
> The winners so far are Arch and Void.
>
> Yet another option is to use Debian Stable as the host operating system,
> like I did so far, but compile and install my own kernel builds
> according to the instructions in places such as:
>
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-building-installing-a-custom-linux-kernel/
>
> User space programs, which rely upon bleeding-edge features of the
> kernel, will be run from containers as needed, thus hopefully
> restricting somewhat any damage they could cause.
>
> Thanks to all responders.
> --- Omer
>
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