Re: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-16 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Monday 14 August 2006 03:46, Bobby Hartsfield wrote: That’s hardly a reason considering that there are plenty of Linux exploits, viruses and worms as well... not to mention that they are MUCH easier to disguise in Linux ;-) sound of sirens in background -- Tom Chiverton

RE: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-13 Thread Bobby Hartsfield
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 5:59 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Fedora vs. RedHat On Friday 11 August 2006 10:52, Jerky San Pedro wrote: I just have one question, why shouldn't people try and run things on Windows Server if they have the money to spare. Put the can down

Re: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-11 Thread Jerky San Pedro
I am not yet gonna move to CentOS. I am trying Fedora on for size. I got the disappointment of a lifetime with my RHAS 2.1. I bet it was all easy when you have all RPMs at your fingertips. Any warnings on Fedora and CFMX going together? I just have one question, why shouldn't people try and

Re: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-11 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Friday 11 August 2006 10:52, Jerky San Pedro wrote: I just have one question, why shouldn't people try and run things on Windows Server if they have the money to spare. Put the can down. Slowly. Do not, repeat, do not open it. Now, back away from the can. There is high chance it contains

Re: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-10 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Wednesday 09 August 2006 21:14, Rick Root wrote: Of course you still can't call up Adobe and get help unless you just tell them you're using RHEL ;) Indeed. I've only ever come close to calling Macrodobe once, and offering my own card never mind a corporate one, due to a massive performance

Re: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-10 Thread Rick Root
Tom Chiverton wrote: I've only ever come close to calling Macrodobe once, and offering my own card never mind a corporate one, due to a massive performance problem. In the end I did fix it myself (dump error), but it was nice to know I could have just phone an expert up, given them the SSH

Re: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-09 Thread Jordan Michaels
Jerky San Pedro wrote: We are upgrading our server from RedHat 7.3 to Fedora 4 or 5 or to Red Hat 9.0. We are also upgrading from ColdFusion 5 to ColdFusion MX 6.1. From what I've read, it seems that support for Red Hat 9.0 has been dropped 2 years ago. This is my first time to install

Re: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-09 Thread Rick Root
Jerky San Pedro wrote: We are upgrading our server from RedHat 7.3 to Fedora 4 or 5 or to Red Hat 9.0. We are also upgrading from ColdFusion 5 to ColdFusion MX 6.1. From what I've read, it seems that support for Red Hat 9.0 has been dropped 2 years ago. Do *NOT* use Redhat 9. It isn't

RE: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-09 Thread O�uz_Demirkap
linux distribution that CF would have official support. Sincerely, Oðuz Demirkapý -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mittwoch, 9. August 2006 16:05 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Fedora vs. RedHat Jerky San Pedro wrote: We are upgrading our server from

Re: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-09 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Wednesday 09 August 2006 15:05, Rick Root wrote: Do *NOT* use Redhat 9. ... there are NO security updates being made for it any more. If you go with Redhat 9, you'll probably be running a fairly insecure server. cough http://fedoralegacy.org/updates/RH9/ till at least the end of the

Re: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-09 Thread Jordan Michaels
Tom Chiverton wrote: Anything that is certified for RHEL will work on CentOS. But won't be supported :-) By RedHat... ;) -- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ Blue Dragon Alliance Member [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-09 Thread Rob Wilkerson
This is the key. I've begun moving *away* from supported platforms in many cases because in so many cases the user/community support for a similar, but unsupported platform is *so* much better than corporate support. For whatever reason, this has worked out really well for me and my experience

Re: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-09 Thread Rick Root
I understand that CentOS won't be supported But as long as RHEL continues to be supported by Adobe in terms of making sure Coldfusion works on RHEL, then Coldfusion will work on CentOS with zero difficulty. Ie, if RHEL is a QA platform for Adobe, you'll be fine with CentOS. Of course you

Re: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-08 Thread Rob Wilkerson
Given your choices, I'd vote for Fedora. RH9 is pretty old by now and no longer supported, I believe, having been phased out by the Enterprise Linux (EL) and Advanced Server (AS) products. Fedora is, at the risk of oversimplification, the testing ground for Redhat's supported Linux versions (the

Re: Fedora vs. RedHat

2006-08-08 Thread Rey Bango
Hi Jerky, I asked for similar advice awhile back and was told to look at CentOS (http://www.centos.org/). From the site: CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms