Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-21 Thread Alexander Diana
On 07/19/2013 08:31 PM, Robert Spahr wrote: On Tue, 9 Jul 2013 11:13:08 +0100 M Saunders oka...@gmail.com wrote: But it'd be interesting to hear from people running Arch on production servers, how well it works for them and what (if any) problems they've faced. Mike, As an artist that

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-19 Thread David C. Rankin
On 07/09/2013 05:13 AM, M Saunders wrote: Hi all, I'm writing a feature about Arch for Linux Format, a UK-based newsstand Linux magazine. I've been using Arch myself for a while for testing new app releases, and it's brilliant for that purpose. I'm still left wondering though: who uses it

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-19 Thread Robert Spahr
On Tue, 9 Jul 2013 11:13:08 +0100 M Saunders oka...@gmail.com wrote: But it'd be interesting to hear from people running Arch on production servers, how well it works for them and what (if any) problems they've faced. Mike, As an artist that makes computational and generative art, I use

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-10 Thread Genes Lists
Forgot to say - for server setups, I always test updates on a shadow machine before applying them to server itself - something that is prudent policy regardless of which distro you're using.

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-10 Thread Sébastien Luttringer
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:13 PM, M Saunders oka...@gmail.com wrote: which has some useful tips. But it'd be interesting to hear from people running Arch on production servers, how well it works for them and what (if any) problems they've faced. I've 9 personal servers running Archlinux

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-10 Thread Paul Gideon Dann
On Wednesday 10 Jul 2013 13:59:07 Sébastien Luttringer wrote: 3) Use a versioned kernel One of the most wanted expectation on a server is to avoid reboot. Arch official kernel is too often updated for a server _and_ cannot be installed without breaking the running kernel (modules mismatch).

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-10 Thread Karol Babioch
Hi, Am 10.07.2013 13:59, schrieb Sébastien Luttringer: 7) Security Debian is not more secure because their softwares are old. It's a lie. Check the number of open flaw in the security bug tracker[10]. If you want to be in a secure environment stay up-to-date, don't use debian stable, use

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-10 Thread Eduardo Machado
2013/7/10 Sébastien Luttringer se...@seblu.net On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:13 PM, M Saunders oka...@gmail.com wrote: which has some useful tips. But it'd be interesting to hear from people running Arch on production servers, how well it works for them and what (if any) problems they've

[arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-09 Thread M Saunders
Hi all, I'm writing a feature about Arch for Linux Format, a UK-based newsstand Linux magazine. I've been using Arch myself for a while for testing new app releases, and it's brilliant for that purpose. I'm still left wondering though: who uses it on production servers? I mean, the distro's

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-09 Thread Paul Gideon Dann
On Tuesday 09 Jul 2013 11:13:08 M Saunders wrote: I'm writing a feature about Arch for Linux Format, a UK-based newsstand Linux magazine. I've been using Arch myself for a while for testing new app releases, and it's brilliant for that purpose. I'm still left wondering though: who uses it on

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-09 Thread Paladin
On 2013-07-09 11:13, M Saunders wrote: I'm writing a feature about Arch for Linux Format, a UK-based newsstand Linux magazine. I've been using Arch myself for a while for testing new app releases, and it's brilliant for that purpose. I'm still left wondering though: who uses it on production

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-09 Thread Chester Wisniewski
On 07/09/13 06:13, M Saunders wrote: Hi all, I'm writing a feature about Arch for Linux Format, a UK-based newsstand Linux magazine. I've been using Arch myself for a while for testing new app releases, and it's brilliant for that purpose. I'm still left wondering though: who uses it on

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-09 Thread kachelaqa
On 09/07/13 11:13, M Saunders wrote: But it'd be interesting to hear from people running Arch on production servers, how well it works for them and what (if any) problems they've faced. There are quite a few threads on the Arch Forum on this topic:

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-09 Thread Don deJuan
On 07/09/2013 10:27 AM, Florian Dejonckheere wrote: On 9 July 2013 14:24, Florian Pritz bluew...@xinu.at wrote: On 09.07.2013 12:13, M Saunders wrote: I'm still left wondering though: who uses it on production servers? I mean, the distro's overall simplicity and trimmed-down base installation

Re: [arch-general] Arch Linux on servers?

2013-07-09 Thread David Benfell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/09/2013 03:13 AM, M Saunders wrote: which has some useful tips. But it'd be interesting to hear from people running Arch on production servers, how well it works for them and what (if any) problems they've faced. Mine is pretty small