On 16 April 2014 05:45, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/16/2014 05:40 AM, Digimer wrote: >> >> On 15/04/14 09:43 PM, Rachmayanto Surjadi wrote: >>> >>> Hi all: >>> >>> We are developing internal software using MySql dB and are planning to >>> use Fedora for the server. >> >> >> Please don't do that. Fedora is awesome, but it's a desktop OS, not a >> server OS. > > I do not agree with this statement. Fedora is a good choice for development > purposes, both on servers and on clients. > > >> The life cycle is way to short and it's not hardened like a >> >> server-focused distro. > > Well, Fedora's short life cycle and update rate imposes more admin work on > both clients and servers, but this doesn't mean the situation is not > manageable. > > I would not choose Fedora on install-and-forget client nor server > installations - But if staff can manage the updates/upgrades, I do not see > much reasons for not using Fedora. > For development, fine. For hosting some application? Probably not. With Fedora you are looking at updating at least once a year, which means planning around doing that as well as potentially dealing with porting your setup to a newer infrastructure every time you do. It can be done. There are even some advantages, but it requires you to know what you're signing up for. -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
