Bill Feero wrote:
> I'm looking into ubuntu and Centos and am trying them both.
> ubuntu is a little too cutting edge for me. 
> It's taken a few days to get a stable test platform built (it's hard
> to find hard drives less than 2 gig - all ny BIOS will recognize)
> 
> This will be going into a product that we resell, so I want a
> package with a long support life, and stable releases.
> 
> There are third-party embedded distributions, but I am then tied to
> them for updates.


I think some clarification is needed on the specifications and requirements. As far as I 
have understood, you are looking for an enterprise-level stable (rock solid) distribution 
that runs on 486?


Will it work on desktop PCs or embedded hardware?


Aren't the third-party embedded distributions that you are mentioning, free?