2005LE vs. 2006 beta3

shagnthings · 08-26-2005, 09:32 AM

I'm an occasional Linux user. Started with Red Hat, then SUSE, and then Mandrake 9. Well, I'm back on the Linux kick again and looking at using Mandriva. I'd like to use it as a file server primarily with other occasional functionality Would anyone recommend downloading 2005LE or 2006 beta3?

Thanks.

reddazz · 08-26-2005, 10:00 AM

2005LE is the stable version which you should probably use because 2006 is still under development and may contain bugs.

shagnthings · 08-26-2005, 10:12 AM

That's what I figured. If there is a big difference between versions that adds a lot of goodies or stability, then I'd install beta3.

reddazz · 08-26-2005, 10:16 AM

Like I said, beta is a testing version not meant for production. It may work well, but there could be serious bugs so I don't recommend it on a server. As for extra goodies, I don't there is much, only the usual updates to gnome and kde as well as improvements in other apps.