[Mageia-discuss] Mageia on a server?
Anne Wilson
annew at kde.org
Wed Aug 22 17:26:27 CEST 2012
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On 22/08/12 16:17, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> Anne Wilson skrev 22.8.2012 18:06:
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>> My recent experiences with enterprise distros has been less than
>> happy and I'm seriously wondering whether I could use Mageia on
>> the server as well as on workstations.
>>
>> My main need is for mail serving, for which I use
>> fetchmail/procmail/dovecot - are there any known problems around
>> these apps?
>>
>> The disadvantage of changing is the need for frequent upgrades,
>> but at least 9 months is better than 6 months :-)
>>
>
> The release frequency is ~9 months, but it's supported 18 monts, so
> you dont have to upgrade for every release...
>
You're right - the temptation to update every time isn't as great on a
server, so I can live with that :-)
>
>> The advantages of changing are the familiarity of working with a
>> single distro and the helpfulness of the Mageia lists and
>> channels.
>>
>
>> Has anyone any relevant experience?
>>
>
> I'm running several LAMP servers and some samba servers and have no
> problem...
>
> Most of Mageia infra is also running mga1 and some soon some on
> mga2
>
Thanks. I really can't see any reason why it wouldn't cope. I think
it's time for a new HDD and a clean install.
Anne
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