Is FC8 stable enough for what I am doing...

[Chuck]

On Jan 20, 2008 12:15 PM, Robert L Cochran <cochranb at speakeasy.net> wrote:
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> Michael A. Peters wrote:
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> >> Based on these packages can I rely on FC8 as a platform? I was using
> >> RHEL5 but not having updates was getting frustrating and paying a
> >> subscription fee for bug fixes doesn't sit well with me.
> >>
> > Use CentOS if you don't like to pay for a rhel subscription fee.
> > The lifespan of Fedora is really too short for server needs.
> > What updates were you not having that were frustrating? RHEL/CentOS are
> > not going to have the bleeding edge updates because those have a higher
> > chance of breaking things.
>
> I agree with the above advice. I'm faced with updating a server that is
> running Fedora Core 2 right now <cringe>. This was discussed in earlier
> postings and I was strongly advised not to use Fedora releases for
> internet-exposed servers.
>
> My plan is to use CentOS 5. The very reason for using it is the
> stability of the release. You won't find "bleeding edge" in either RHEL
> or CentOS.
>
> Bob Cochran
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Sweet, downloading centos 5 now as we speak.

thanks for the info
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