Enterprise Linux Server

[WipeOut]

Jeremy Kruer wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I read that Fedora is more of a development version of Linux and is 
> not stable enough to run as an enterprise server.
>
I would say its stable enough but the issue you have to face is the 
short release cycle, can you take your server offiline to perform an 
upgrade every 4-6 months??

This issue may be addressed by the Fedora-Legacy project thet is 
starting up but as yet its still in its infancy..

> If this is true, does anyone have any suggestions for a good stable 
> version of Linux that would be appropriate for an enterprise server? I 
> have read a couple people mention www.whiteboxlinux.org 
> <http://www.whiteboxlinux.org/> does anyone have any experience with 
> this? Were would I be able to go for support, I did not see any 
> mailing lists with it.
>
There are lists for Whitebox.. Another one you may want to look at is 
taolinux.org, it seems they have been running a little longer and looks 
more jacked up.. I haven't used either so i can't comment on which is 
better..

> What are other people using? I don’t want to pay thousands of dollars 
> for RHEL, but I want something that would be stable enough for the 
> enterprise environment. I would really appreciate any suggestions.
>
I have the same issues, I think the prices for RHEL are a little high.. 
You could almost considder changing back to Windows at the prices that 
are being asked for an RHEL based server (NOTE: This is my opinion, 
others are welcome to differ but I don't really want to hear about it)..

I have started looking at other alternatives for my servers like Trustix 
Secure Linux and maybe even Gentoo..

For a workstation I would have to say Fedora is one of the best distro's 
around..

Later..