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<B>Anne Wilson</B>
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<I>Fri Aug 24 10:59:42 CEST 2012</I>
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On 22/08/12 18:56, nicolas vigier wrote:
><i> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Anne Wilson wrote:
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</I>>><i> On 22/08/12 17:40, P. Christeas wrote:
</I>>>><i> On Wednesday 22 August 2012, Anne Wilson wrote:
</I>>>>><i> My recent experiences with enterprise distros has been less
</I>>>>><i> than happy and I'm seriously wondering whether I could use
</I>>>>><i> Mageia on the server as well as on workstations. ... Has
</I>>>>><i> anyone any relevant experience?
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</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> Been using Mandrake, Mandriva and Mageia for servers, approx.
</I>>>><i> since 2001. So far, had no reason to move to any other distro
</I>>>><i> (except for prejudiced admins against a "desktop" / RPM
</I>>>><i> distros).
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> On a recent incident, I had to move some service from a RHEL6
</I>>>><i> server to a humble Mga1 box, in order to gain in performance
</I>>>><i> (rh did use older, less efficient versions). In a similar
</I>>>><i> tone, vanilla Debian couldn't install there (because of the
</I>>>><i> firmware for its NIC).
</I>>>><i>
</I>>><i> Thanks, everyone. Most reassuring. The main objection against
</I>>><i> using a desktop rather than an enterprise distro is that users
</I>>><i> see the
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Mageia is not a "desktop distro". It can be used for desktops or
</I>><i> servers.
</I>><i>
</I>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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