On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 09:01, R. Scott Belford 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
Gary Dunn wrote:
How does Debian deal with security issues? For example, if Apache issues
a security alert and an upgrade to correct the vulnerability, how
quickly does Debian make the update available?
From the Debian Site:
Debian takes security very seriously. Most security problems
On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 12:51:03AM -1000, Gary Dunn wrote:
How does Debian deal with security issues? For example, if
Apache issues a security alert and an upgrade to correct
the vulnerability, how quickly does Debian make the update
available?
Security updates seem to happen quickest with
On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 07:52:03AM -1000, R. Scott Belford wrote:
I would say that the conservative path would be to track
stable. The FreeBSD team tests releases until they become
stable. When a release reaches the point of production
stability, in the opinion of the team, the name is changed
With any community-run project, unless you are an active member of the
community and know other members well, it is dangerous to assume that
anything will be done as hoped. Remember one of the key elements of
the GNU/GPL or the BSD license is that it explicitly disclaims any warranty.
The
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.
Thanks,
R
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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.
Good point. One of the main reasons I looked at Debian as well is due
to how small you can get the installation. I really wish Fedora had a
small footprint (50-100MB for minimal install).
One dist I recommend for devices running on flash is Pebble Linux
(http://www.nycwireless.net/pebble/).
: 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
