I run both Debian as a mail server and a Fedora 1 box for an intranet/forums at work. It took about 5 installs of Debian to get it right and I never did get the gui working but that just forced me to do everything from the command line and I must say, it rawks over the gui. Coming from the Windows world it has made me realize how much more Windoze sux than I had thought before.
Anyways, I think the last time I rebooted the Debian box was about 8 months ago :-) rawk solid if you ask me. I had ro reboot the Fedora box when I updated the kernel not too long ago. I also use the Fedora box as a Samba Server and that works fairly well I just need to do some more reading to get it integrated with AD on the Windoze side. As an aside, I had to reboot both Windoze servers twicw last week. I don't care what Windoze enthsiasts say, you just can't beat Linux for stability over the long haul. The two Linux servers I have reboot maybe every 3 months on average, the Windoze boxes are rebooted once a week and more often than not twice or three times. I don't why I put all that in there cuz it really doesn't have anything to do with your questions. In light of your reply I would say your best bet is to go with Debian since the developers build and run that you will have much fewer issues and much less headaches. Just my $0.00002 MD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux/Unix Advocates/Users Hawaiian community discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [LUAU] Fedora or Debian > Thanks Scott, > > It is really a good analysis. The application I'd run > is mainly web server and php in the front and mysql on > the back. Also an IM type of server supports > potentially thousands concurrent users. The server > developer indicates that most of them use Debian. I > currently use Fedora 1. It doesn't have any problem > now. But I wonder if I should switch to Debian, just > to be in sync with those developers to avoid any > potential problems on support. > > There are some discussions of cheap linux router on > this list recently. Soekris box is mentioned several > times. It seems the Debian installation on Soekris is > well documented. But there is little help on Fedora > installation. The standard miminum Fedora 1 > installation is about 300M, too big for a flash card. > > That's another reason to prompt me thinking about > moving to Debian. > > Thanks, > R > > > --- "R. Scott Belford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Richard wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'd like to hear some technical advice on the > > > comparison of Fedora and Debian. If I want to > > mainly > > > run network applications, what package should I > > use? > > > GUI is not critical to me. > > > > > > > Both are community developed projects. Each > > embodies the same > > philosophy of Open Source Development. Comparing > > the two distributions > > requires the consideration of their respective > > release schedules. > > > > Debian produces a stable distribution. To get a > > package to stable, it > > must first work its way through the unstable branch, > > then the testing > > branch, then stable. The last stable release came > > out two years ago. > > This can be a misnomer, though. The "testing" and > > "unstable" branches > > of Debian have many of the same packages as a Fedora > > release, but the > > Debian developers do not consider them mature or > > tested enough for a > > Stable, Production Quality Distribution. > > > > Fedora produces an evolving distribution. Its > > bi-annual releases > > integrate the most stable form of the newest > > packages available. It is > > a bit of a testing platform through which RedHat can > > best evaluate which > > packages are ready for its Enterprise release. Once > > upon a time, RedHat > > released numbered versions, often several times a > > year. Deciding which > > release was stable or appropriate for you or your > > business was > > difficult, and the life of respective releases was > > undetermined. > > > > You should ask yourself what you want to do with > > your server. You will > > find a great set of tools and features in Fedora > > that are available > > through the command line or a GUI. You will find > > that the non-gui > > install of debian, while simple, can intimidate > > some. Getting X11 to > > work with debian stable can be a challenge for some. > > > > I run Debian stable on my home servers, and I > > install it for POS > > customers for running their proprietary POS apps > > like Counterpoint. > > Rock solid, headless, and uptimes are ended only by > > prolonged power > > outages. I run Debian testing on my iBooks. I want > > the "newer" stuff, > > like KDE 3.x, so I go with testing for these less > > demanding installations. > > > > Many people on this list run Fedora. It is fun, it > > is new, it was > > inspired by a local student, Warren Togami, and it > > creates some Hawaiian > > pride for everyone. For a hobbyist or an open > > source enthusiast, it is > > fun and exciting to use, it seems, for most. > > > > The primary criticism of Debian Stable is that the > > packages are old. > > Most of these critics are incapable of stating the > > technical merits of > > the "newer" packages they profess to crave. I > > prefer, for stability and > > reliability, to go with the least common > > denominator, so to speak. > > > > Hopefully this helps without fanning the > > ideaological flames of our more > > dogmatic users. You have a lot of choices, and > > hopefully others will > > share their own opinions on the matter. > > > > Perhaps you should state what Network Apps you > > intend to run in order to > > shape the discussion along the lines of each > > distribution's version of > > the Apps you want. > > > > > Thanks, > > > R > > > > my pleasure > > > > --scott > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70/year > http://smallbusiness.promotions.yahoo.com/offer > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau >
