OS recommendations/Aging software issues

[Richard Humphrey]

Go with a RHEL clone such as CentOS. Still redhat based but not as bleeding 
edge as Fedora. Also you will get updates etc for 4 years instead of the 
quick turn-around Fedora gives you.

On 6/2/05, Marc M <linuxr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi, 
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> I work for a major defense contractor that is very tight with money at 
> times. Two years ago, before I came, they got RH 9 (bought or downloaded- 
> whatever). I guess that got deemed appropriate to buy at the time, and it 
> has been sitting here getting old ever since. The purpose of this server is 
> to run Symantec Manhunt on it as an IDS. They bought Manhunt at the same 
> time and never got around to deploying it until now. 
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> Now I am about to deploy a linux server (Dell) and I am trying to figure 
> out which version to go with - RH 9, FC 1-3, or whatever. I want it to be 
> redhat-based since I am the main admin, and I am more comfortable with that 
> than on debian based systems. 
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> On the other hand I am not sure what to do. My boss makes the argument 
> that we need to run the oldest, since he has seen versioning issues and 
> conflicts in this situation. However most of that is in the world of Windows 
> which does stupid things by default as we all know. 
> 
> In this scenario my argument is <still> that we should go with something 
> more recent. I don't like the idea of putting something out there that is so 
> old it isimpractical by today's standards, that am going to think is stupid. 
> I guess there is some wisdom in being able to keep the age of the OS in sync 
> with the age of the software, but in the linux realm, that really isn't the 
> same issue as it is in other areas - right? OTOH I don't want to do a 'yum 
> update' on the box and not be able to get updates because the version is so 
> <frickin'> old. I think FC2 would be a good choice. Although it is still 
> old, it at least is a little bit ahead of RH9. An additional concern - even 
> if I were to deploy FC2, I would probably want to upgrade that too. Is that 
> gonna be a problem? Can I upgrade versions of Fedora (2 to 3 to whatever) on 
> a production box without a lot of problems? Will yum do that cleanly and 
> consistently without a lot of headaches? 
> 
> Whatever choice I make is going to have to last for a good while. Does 
> anyone have any advice for this situation? 
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Marc
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