On 16 April 2014 05:45, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203(a)freenet.de> wrote:
On 04/16/2014 05:40 AM, Digimer wrote:
>
> On 15/04/14 09:43 PM, Rachmayanto Surjadi wrote:
>>
>> Hi all:
>>
>> We are developing internal software using MySql dB and are planning to
>> use Fedora for the server.
>
>
> Please don't do that. Fedora is awesome, but it's a desktop OS, not a
> server OS.
I do not agree with this statement. Fedora is a good choice for development
purposes, both on servers and on clients.
> The life cycle is way to short and it's not hardened like a
>
> server-focused distro.
Well, Fedora's short life cycle and update rate imposes more admin work on
both clients and servers, but this doesn't mean the situation is not
manageable.
I would not choose Fedora on install-and-forget client nor server
installations - But if staff can manage the updates/upgrades, I do not see
much reasons for not using Fedora.
For development, fine. For hosting some application? Probably not.
With Fedora you are looking at updating at least once a year, which
means planning around doing that as well as potentially dealing with
porting your setup to a newer infrastructure every time you do. It can
be done. There are even some advantages, but it requires you to know
what you're signing up for.
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