Re: debian as a sever OS

Deephay wrote: > Greetings all, > > I am wondering that if it is safe to using the testing distro (now > Etch) as the server's OS. > Any comment is appreciated very much. > thx! > > Deepahy Why would you want to use testing instead of stable for a server? Servers are generally very simple crea

Re: debian as a sever OS

On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 08:21:23PM +0800, Deephay wrote: > I just want to know that how harmful it will be if I run testing on > the server. As others have said, it's advisable to use Stable if you're unsure. If you find some package from Testing (or Unstable) that you absolutely must have, you

Re: debian as a sever OS

Deephay wrote: Greetings all, I am wondering that if it is safe to using the testing distro (now Etch) as the server's OS. Any comment is appreciated very much. thx! Deepahy If your server is going to be exposed to the Internet, it should be Debian/stable. Security updates are made avail

Re: debian as a sever OS

thx all, thx very much for all your suggesion. Deephay On 4/20/06, Star King of the Grape Trees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deephay wrote: > > Thx All. > > > > I just want to know that how harmful it will be if I run testing on the > > server. > > Now I basically decided to use the stable disto

Re: debian as a sever OS

Deephay wrote: Thx All. I just want to know that how harmful it will be if I run testing on the server. Now I basically decided to use the stable disto as the server's OS. BTW: If anyone have some comments still, they are appreciated. Deephay In my opinion, a server has very well defined task

Re: debian as a sever OS

Deephay wrote: Thx All. I just want to know that how harmful it will be if I run testing on the server. Now I basically decided to use the stable disto as the server's OS. BTW: If anyone have some comments still, they are appreciated. Like others have mentioned, on a server, I'd stick with S

Re: debian as a sever OS

Thx All. I just want to know that how harmful it will be if I run testing on the server. Now I basically decided to use the stable disto as the server's OS. BTW: If anyone have some comments still, they are appreciated. Deephay On 4/20/06, Naz Gassiep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peronally, I

Re: debian as a sever OS

Peronally, I have servers, and I would never ever run *any* Linux other than Debian Stable. Using testing can be a problem, as upgrades don't always "just work". Using Stable is better, as you can assume that upgrading the system automatically will "just work". The question you need to answer

Re: debian as a sever OS

Deephay wrote: I am wondering that if it is safe to using the testing distro (now Etch) as the server's OS. It depends on your understanding of 'safe', and on your needs. I'm running it on the mailservers because doing so has some advantages, but ymmv. GH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: debian as a sever OS

Hal, thx very much for your comment! Deephay On 4/20/06, Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 20 April 2006 02:23, Deephay wrote: > > Greetings all, > > > > I am wondering that if it is safe to using the testing distro (now > > Etch) as the server's OS. > > Any comment is apprec

Re: debian as a sever OS

On Thursday 20 April 2006 02:23, Deephay wrote: > Greetings all, > > I am wondering that if it is safe to using the testing distro (now > Etch) as the server's OS. > Any comment is appreciated very much. > thx! > > Deepahy I have a small business and if my servers are down, I'm not making money

debian as a sever OS

Greetings all, I am wondering that if it is safe to using the testing distro (now Etch) as the server's OS. Any comment is appreciated very much. thx! Deepahy