RE: EXT :RE: Fedora Server?

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> From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of m.roth@xxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:01 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: RE: EXT :RE: Fedora Server?
> 
> Burke, Thomas (ES) wrote:
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of m.roth@xxxxxxxxx
> > Marti, Robert wrote:
> >>> bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Burke, Thomas (ES)
> >>>
> >>> I'm seriously considering upgrading my server to Fedora.  All the
> >>> distros I see, however, tout their "desktopiness."  Are they all
> >>> good to use as a server, or is there one in particular I should use?
> >>> Or something else, for that matter?  I am intrigued by the
> >>> engineering "spin," and might like to install all that stuff on my
> >>> server, as well...
> <snip>
> > I concur. I would *NEVER* use fedora on a real server - it's bleeding
> > edge, not leading edge. If uptime is more important than the n33t3st,
> > c00l3st f38tur3s (esp. when they don't always work), use something
> > that's behind the times, like RHEL or CentOS.
> >
> > Well...  The upgrade will be from RH 6.2....  So yeah, I'm not real
> > concerned with latest & greatest.
> >
> > But my uptime has been near 100% over the last 10 years or so...
> 
> So, why are you even considering it... wait, are do you mean RH 6.2 (10 years
> old), or RHEL, in which case, I didn't think 6.2 was out, only 6.1?
> 
>          mark

He's likely being honest and saying it's a 10 year old box.  That's a bad thing.  Get it on *anything* current... and if it's been on the internet for 10 years, you should make sure it's actually still yours.

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