Re: Which Distro to use for production environment

I use it on my laptop daily...

Fedora Core is just Red Hat with a new name....there are no stability
issues.......

Go to fedora.us and download and install APT and SYNAPTIC for Fedora...


RF.



On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 17:48, Chris Drumgoole wrote:

> I downloaded the ISOs for Fedora Core 2 using bit torrent, really really 
> fast!
> 
> Any way, install was easy, network cards functioning, as is raid, etc..  
> But, yum sucks, i much prefer apt and aptitude from Debian.  But, enough 
> of that.
> 
> Really, though.... is Fedora Core 1 / 2 _really_ stable enough for a 
> production environment?  I am skeptical...   I am considering trying to 
> convince the client to purchase Red Hat Enterprise ES for $349 (as I am 
> not too thrilled with the oldness of debian stable (ignoring the fact 
> the network card doesn't work) and the many suggestions against using 
> debian testing....
> 
> Chris
> 
> Richard Ford wrote:
> 
> > Fedora Core 2 or 1 if you want to use a 2.4 series kernel.
> >
> > Use APT/RHN and KUDZU for hardware detection and be done with it.
> >
> > RF.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 18:13, Chris Drumgoole wrote:
> >
> >>/Quick update,  I went ahead and tried 3 things:
> >>
> >>1. Install Debian 3 stable.  Couldn't get network card working even 
> >>after using debian's alien tool to get the sources out of the rpm and 
> >>attempt to compile them - major issues with, one compiled, missing 
> >>dependencies.
> >>2. Install Debian 3 Testing (For fun) Netinstall Beta 4. Install program 
> >>found the network card, I configured it like I would any other (first 
> >>tried dhcp, failed, then static ip,. failed again).
> >>3. Install Red Hat 9.  It booted, but when the install program when to 
> >>find the install media (after selecting CDROM from list of CDROM, HTTP, 
> >>NFS, etc...), if couldn't find the correct CD.
> >>
> >>Yeah, so, this isn't too good...  Ideas? :-)
> >>
> >>Chris
> >>
> >>Chris Drumgoole wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hey all,
> >>>
> >>> So, I am setting up a server for a client on a new HP box.  My 
> >>> original plan was to use Debian stable, but the HP nic card has 
> >>> special drivers that are only provided by HP in rpm format.  I don't 
> >>> want to install RPM on debian (even possible?!).  So I thought about 
> >>> going back to the Red Hat 9 - but super old, and disc 2 of my install 
> >>> discs is coastered, so I would have to redownload it.  Red Hat 
> >>> Enterprise, which would be cool, is over $300, free is preferred.
> >>>
> >>> What would people recommend?  Is Fedora Core # considered "Production 
> >>> Stable" now?  I really wanted to use a package manager, which I 
> >>> wouldn't be able to use with Red Hat 9 (unless I go to Fedora Legacy, 
> >>> which I could use apt or yum, but the updates are only security fixes, 
> >>> so again, really old.)
> >>>
> >>> So, suggestions!?  This pay-for-linux thing is getting on my nerves.. 
> >>> (i.e. Red Hat Enterprise blah blah)
> >>>
> >>> Chris
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