[Mageia-discuss] Mageia on a server?

[Thomas Backlund]

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.
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> My main need is for mail serving, for which I use
> fetchmail/procmail/dovecot - are there any known problems around these
> apps?
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> The disadvantage of changing is the need for frequent upgrades, but at
> least 9 months is better than 6 months :-)
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The release frequency is ~9 months, but it's supported 18 monts, so
you dont have to upgrade for every release...


> The advantages of changing are the familiarity of working with a
> single distro and the helpfulness of the Mageia lists and channels.
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> Has anyone any relevant experience?
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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

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Thomas