On Mon, 05 May 2014 14:04:33 -0400 Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote:
> On 5/5/2014 8:56 AM, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > > On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 06:59:55AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > >> I was perusing the available choices for the debian email lists and > >> there are so many... > >> > >> What I'm looking for is the best choice for server only related > >> stuff. I don't use debian for my desktop (yet), but have two > >> servers that I now manage, and the overwhelming traffic on this > >> list seems to be for desktop related stuff. > >> > >> Would appreciate any suggestions. > > > This list is for all users of Debian systems, and you'll find > > both high level sysadmins and absolute beginners here. Ask away. > > Sorry, I should have been more clear. > > This list is waaaaaaaaaay too high volume for my needs. I don't need > to see the 98+% of the traffic all related to desktop issues. I don't > run any DE at all, and don't intend to. > > I'm looking for a lower volume/traffic list that focuses only on > server related issues... > > You might want to look at sites/lists specific to the server daemons and other specialised software that you run, then. A Debian server is much like any other Linux server, and will not in general have its own specialised problems. Issues of security, backup, etc. are going to be much the same whatever the distribution. Where Debian tends to be different from other distributions is in the package management system and the overall software upgrade policy of Debian Stable. This isn't something specific to servers, and where the upgrade policy causes difficulties, it is normally to users of Stable on desktops, not on servers. I think you will be hard put to find a useful forum where people discuss nothing but issues peculiar to Debian servers, as opposed to any other kind. You don't mention your background, but if you are coming to Debian from Windows, Linux doesn't have the hard demarcation between desktop and server OS which Windows has always had. There is no separate Linux server OS, just software packages which are more likely to be found on servers than on desktops, and the fact that many/most servers don't run GUIs. This is indeed one minor Debian difference, as the commercial distributions which are looking to take market share from Microsoft, mainly Red Hat and Suse, do generally run GUIs on their servers, because that's what Windows people are used to. Their users can have the added desktop fun of video drivers and X problems, which most Debian server users choose to avoid. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140505211429.68b21...@jretrading.com