On Wed, October 8, 2014 11:18 am, Igal @ getRailo.org wrote: > On 10/8/2014 9:13 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> Someone had mentioned on this list the following RedHat Enterprise 7 >> (and >> as you know CentOS is binary replica of RedHat Enterprise with replaced >> art work): >> >> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/System_Administrators_Guide/part-Basic_System_Configuration.html > so if I buy RHEL 7 books everything should work as in the book? part of > the problem for me is that there aren't many books about CentOS, and the > ones I found are a few years old >> This covers CentOS 7 system administration sufficiently well for me (but >> I >> work with Linux and Unix for over 1.5 decades...). >> >> So, if you decided to walk away from Windows, after you master Linux (or >> maybe simultaneously with starting it), take a look at Unix successors >> such as FreeBSD (most suitable for servers IMHO, some may recommend >> OpenBSD for servers, my preference is FreeBSD), NetBSD (most rich with >> what is ported to build and run on it), PC-BSD - based on FreeBSD, yet >> made easiest to install workstation whith GUI interface (X11) support. > I understand, but this is primarily for servers for emails, web, etc., > and it is my understanding that CentOS is one of the better > distributions for that kind of stuff. I would say, CentOS 6 is the best of Linuxes suitable for server (IMHO). However, I for one decided to move my servers away from Linux (as from "Unix-like" Linux gradually becomes "Windows-like" during last 5 years or so). Since some time ago I do not upgrade Linux systems on servers I maintain. Instead, when the time comes, I just migrate server from Linux to FreeBSD, which is much more suitable platform for server than Linux. Version 7 of RedHat Enterprise or CentOS is much worse than version 6 to build server on. Again, this is just my humble opinion. If I absolutely have to build server on today's latest Linux, I will choose Debian, which at least doesn't have systemd yet. But it will have it in next release... Again, this is just $0.02 worth of my own opinion, definitely not a consensus (and likely not even a majority opinion) on this list. Valeri > >> Just my $0.02 >> >> Valeri > Thank you for your 2 :) > >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Valeri Galtsev >> Sr System Administrator >> Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics >> Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics >> University of Chicago >> Phone: 773-702-4247 >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- > Igal Sapir > Railo Core Developer > http://getRailo.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++