EXT :RE: Fedora Server?

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Burke, Thomas (ES) wrote:
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of m.roth at 5-cent.us
> Marti, Robert wrote:
>>> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Burke, Thomas (ES)
>>>
>>> I'm seriously considering upgrading my server to Fedora.  All the
>>> distros I see, however, tout their "desktopiness."  Are they all good
>>> to use as a server, or is there one in particular I should use?  Or
>>> something else, for that matter?  I am intrigued by the engineering
>>> "spin," and might like to install all that stuff
>>> on my server, as well...
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> I concur. I would *NEVER* use fedora on a real server - it's bleeding
> edge, not leading edge. If uptime is more important than the n33t3st,
> c00l3st f38tur3s (esp. when they don't always work), use something that's
> behind the times, like RHEL or CentOS.
>
> Well...  The upgrade will be from RH 6.2....  So yeah, I'm not real
> concerned with latest & greatest.
>
> But my uptime has been near 100% over the last 10 years or so...

So, why are you even considering it... wait, are do you mean RH 6.2 (10
years old), or RHEL, in which case, I didn't think 6.2 was out, only 6.1?

         mark