[Novalug] Ubuntu LTS for web/email server (Jay Hart)

[Roger W. Broseus]

novalug-request at calypso.tux.org wrote:
>    3. Re: Ubuntu LTS for web/email server (Jay Hart)
>
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:56:07 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Jay Hart" <jhart at kevla.org>
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] Ubuntu LTS for web/email server
> To: "Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith at ieee.org>
> [snip]
> BTW, I got into this problem when I decided that running Compiz would be a
> cool thing and upgraded my vid card, which required new drivers, which
> required a new kernel, which locked me into duel dependencies, which over time
> prevented upgrades.
>
> On my server, my VIA vid chipset in conjunction with OpenSUSE 10.2 "problem
> software" is very unstable when trying to apply updates.  I "overcame" this
> little problem by using the following strategy "if it ain't borke, don't FSCK
> with it".
That's why I don't do "fancy" video stuff. I've found on more that one 
OS that video drivers can royally screw-up an otherwise stable system. I 
fixed a similar problem on two machines (desktop and Thinkpad) by "going 
backward" and getting rid of the fancy (cool?) video stuff. Side 
benefit: my PC runs faster. Under that other OS, as a matter of policy I 
NEVER accept volunteered updates to video drivers. I discovered that a 
balky system was cure when I went back to the original driver - it took 
a long time to find the basis for the problem. How do you spell flaky? 
/Video driver/.

--
Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
    Email: RogerB at bronord.com
    Web Site: www.bronord.com

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