From: mnieuw@zap.a2000.nl   
      
   On Wed, 3 Dec 2014 15:45:09 +0000 (UTC), Markus R. Kessler wrote:   
      
      
      
   >What I'm looking for is a "long term" OS which does not need to be   
   >installed every year, but rather can be updated as long as possible to   
   >keep it safe, and have a box which you can work with.   
   >   
   >Is this the case with Mageia? Mandriva?   
   >Can Xfce be selected as desktop?   
   >Any other distro recommended?   
      
   You probably want a LongTime Support version of a major distribution.   
   I use Mint13 (named Maya), which is supported until 2017, Mint 17.1 is   
   later (supported until 2019) but the Xfce version hasn't been released   
   yet. There is a Mint 17 named Qiana which has Xfce.   
   See http://www.linuxmint.com/download_all.php   
      
   Mat Nieuwenhoven   
      
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