Date sent: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:51:03 -0400 From: Christopher Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT: Fedora Core 8 viability (was Re: Problem in starting tomcat) To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> Send reply to: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Steve, > > Steve Ochani wrote: > | On 10 Jun 2008 at 17:20, Christopher Schultz wrote: > |> What leads you to that conclusion [that Fedora Core is > inappropriate for production use]? | | 1. When Fedora project was > started I remember reading that it was almost like a testbed for | > testing new apps/open source projects to be put into Red Hat > Enterprise Linux. > > It should be the same as RH's enterprise Linux, except that it doesn't > have all the Enterprise-y tools and stuff. > It's not really. Fedora is bleeding edge programs/packages, that's why it's considered a "testbed" type platform for the Enterprise distro. > | 2. 6 month support cycle isn't exactly something that is long > lasting/reliable for production > | systems. (IMO 3 years is a min.) > > Fair enough. I never bother with support, anyway, for a Linux system. I haven't either unless you consider forums but by "support" I meant security patches and updates. > They run very well, and we keep up-to-date. If you update your > packages (still uring RPM, right?) regularly, the 6-month window > slides with you, doesn't it? > I'm not sure what you mean by "slides with you" but a 6 month support (as in security updates/patches) cycle isn't what I recommend for production systems. > | 3. The past history of "stable"ness of some versions, such as > version 7. > > Heh. I have no direct experience. I dumped Red Hat after RHL went from > 6-9 in like 2 years. I was sick and tired of their package manager. > Then I discovered Gentoo, which I prefer, and Debian, which is > supported by our co-lo provider, though I don't like apt very much. At > least it installs dependencies for you ;) I haven't looked back. I became used to rpm fairly quickly after changing from slackware and now yum on CentOS. > > | If someone is looking for a Red Hat type linux distro that is > stable, long support time/cycle | then they should consider CentOS. > > Noted. > > - -chris -Steve O. --------------------------- Steve O. http://www.steveo.us B17G WWII Bomber "Yankee Lady" Flight http://www.steveo.us/b17ride --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
