Tom Diehl wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jun 2007, Feizhou wrote: > >> >>> FWIW, I use FC6 as my primary desktop. It's quite stable. I wouldn't >>> use it for a server however -- too fast of a moving target. >> >> Why not? Fedora as a server is not a problem... > > Except that it is supported for a max of approx 13 months. That means > that if > you care at all about security updates, you are going to have to upgrade > the > machine every year. That is not something I want to do with my servers. Automated deployment. > > IMO, servers should be good for at least 4-5 years, maybe longer. > Depends on > how long the hardware is useful and what kind of new features you > want/need. Depends on the requirements. The OS is basically a commodity item nowadays. Whatever that is stable and performs can be dropped in especially if the software stack is small. > >> Fedora as a desktop however...I don't know...the few times I have seen >> Fedora Core 5/6 desktops in action, Firefox froze, keyboard input >> would not work all of a sudden... > > Fedora for the desktop has been vaer stable for me and it gives me the > latest > and greatest bells and whistles I want. The same frequent upgrade cycle > exists > on the desktop but I am more tolerent of upgrading my desktop machine > once a > year than upgrading servers. It is much easier to rebuild a desktop than > a production server. Whether a production server is easier to rebuild than a desktop really depends on how you go about doing it.