[Mageia-discuss] Mageia on a server?

[Anne Wilson]

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On 22/08/12 18:56, nicolas vigier wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Anne Wilson wrote:
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>> On 22/08/12 17:40, P. Christeas wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 22 August 2012, Anne Wilson wrote:
>>>> 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. ... Has 
>>>> anyone any relevant experience?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Been using Mandrake, Mandriva and Mageia for servers, approx. 
>>> since 2001. So far, had no reason to move to any other distro 
>>> (except for prejudiced admins against a "desktop" / RPM 
>>> distros).
>>> 
>>> On a recent incident, I had to move some service from a RHEL6 
>>> server to a humble Mga1 box, in order to gain in performance 
>>> (rh did use older, less efficient versions). In a similar
>>> tone, vanilla Debian couldn't install there (because of the
>>> firmware for its NIC).
>>> 
>> Thanks, everyone.  Most reassuring.  The main objection against 
>> using a desktop rather than an enterprise distro is that users 
>> see the
> 
> Mageia is not a "desktop distro". It can be used for desktops or 
> servers.
> 
Perhaps I gave the wrong impression.  I was speaking of "perception"
rather than reality :-)  I'd avoid bleeding edge distros for a server,
but other than that, package selection and careful security setup
seems to be all that's needed.  Assuming, of course, that you choose a
well-maintained distro :-)

Anne


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