On Tue Jun 10, 2003 at 12:37:20PM +0200, Joerg Mertin wrote: [...] > So - what I require - is a Server operating system that is not using any > X-Interface for it's configuration. I would do everything by hand too - > but don't care if a curses-based UI exists. I also require an automated > Update system in place (I had written back in time one for automatically > updating RPM's, similar to up2date from rh), but it would be nice to have > that maintained by the distribution owner. > > Now - I do have a fairly well knowledge of Mandrakes capabilities, and for > my Desktop - I have no problem using it. However - a Server means for me, > that all my backups are going on it, it has to be reliable, needs to be > secured - and the system needs to be supported for at least a year or 2. > Mdk has gone the way of often updating the distribution - which is great > as long as I don't use it for my server... but I don't know as of yet of > an automated Security-fix installation option for mdk... > I had done my own operating system back in time - and could do it again, > but I'd first like to see if I can avoiding reinventing the wheel ...
I use Corporate Server 2.1 on all my machines. It's stable, secure, and handles the load quite nicely. You can automate updates with urpmi by throwing it in a cronjob. It's not free, but it works extremely well. CS2.1 is based on Mandrake 9.0+updates. It does the job very well here. -- MandrakeSoft Security; http://www.mandrakesecure.net/ Online Security Resource Book; http://linsec.ca/ "lynx -source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import" {FE6F2AFD : 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD}
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