-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 22/08/12 18:56, nicolas vigier wrote: > On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Anne Wilson wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 22/08/12 17:40, P. Christeas wrote: >>> On Wednesday 22 August 2012, Anne Wilson wrote: >>>> My recent experiences with enterprise distros has been less >>>> than happy and I'm seriously wondering whether I could use >>>> Mageia on the server as well as on workstations. ... Has >>>> anyone any relevant experience? >>>> >>> >>> Been using Mandrake, Mandriva and Mageia for servers, approx. >>> since 2001. So far, had no reason to move to any other distro >>> (except for prejudiced admins against a "desktop" / RPM >>> distros). >>> >>> On a recent incident, I had to move some service from a RHEL6 >>> server to a humble Mga1 box, in order to gain in performance >>> (rh did use older, less efficient versions). In a similar >>> tone, vanilla Debian couldn't install there (because of the >>> firmware for its NIC). >>> >> Thanks, everyone. Most reassuring. The main objection against >> using a desktop rather than an enterprise distro is that users >> see the > > Mageia is not a "desktop distro". It can be used for desktops or > servers. > Perhaps I gave the wrong impression. I was speaking of "perception" rather than reality :-) I'd avoid bleeding edge distros for a server, but other than that, package selection and careful security setup seems to be all that's needed. Assuming, of course, that you choose a well-maintained distro :-)
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