JEOS LAMP Server - 8.04LTS or 9.10?

[marc]

Preston Kutzner said:
 
> To the OP,
> 
> I concur that you'd be best off using the LTS versions for server
> applications, unless you need the most recent versions of certain apps. 
> The LTS versions are supported for 5 years (for the server version). 
> Security patches do get back-ported to the TLS versions of packages if
> necessary, so you don't have to worry about having the latest release to
> get a security fix.  And, generally, the LTS versions are more stable. 
> Also, LTS versions can be upgraded straight to the new LTS version when
> it is made available.  For example, 6.06 (Dapper) -> 8.04 (Hardy) is a
> supported upgrade path for an LTS version, but not for a non-LTS
> version.  If you decide to go with a non-LTS release, you must upgrade
> every 6 months to the next official release.  You cannot skip releases
> when upgrading non-LTS versions. Hope that wasn't too confusing.

+1 to this.

I'm doing exactly this for a "server", but I have jaunty on a laptop, and 
soon I hope, a desktop.

When I want to run dev versions on the server, I simply install them in
/opt.

Trying to "chase" jaunty on a server would be more pain than I could 
endure, and I can take quite a bit!

-- 
Best,
Marc