On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 11:14:31PM -0500, David Rankin wrote:
Wouldn't it make sense too run server systems on the SERVER version of SUSE? The price isn't exactly expensive, the Desktop version of RedHat costs about the same as a standard SUSE Server. I'd buy it but I don't run actual servers here, just FTP and Apache and SSH for me and sometimes friends.
There are probably good and bad arguments boths ways. The linux distros I have used have always been robust enough to fill the server role without a problem. The way I look at any distro is that: (1) you have the kernel, then (2) you load whatever packages you require to get the functionality you desire. The bottom line is "it's the kernel stupid" (not directed at you and no offense meant)
None taken :) Peronally, I know SUSE Linux Professional CAN in fact handle Server loads. I use Pure FTPd on SUSE 9.1 Professional, on this box, which has 40 days of uptime, and last night it transferred 7 GB of data in a few minutes over my LAN. Stable. Heh I don't have the money for a server machine, but I do have some powerful machines.
So with regard to the thread, and the history of other distros that have suffered QA problems by rushing release # next out the door, the point to be made is -- don't short change the stability of the kernel in 9.2. Suse has done a great job with its kernels, recent growing pains aside. So I have no doubt Suse will do a good job with the 9.2 kernel, just don't forget about stability for those of us who rely on it.
Heh, I reply on SUSE more than I do most OS.
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On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 08:43:03PM -0500, David Rankin wrote:
I wouldn't!! STABILITY my friend - that IS what most of us want and MUST have!
Amen Fred. After being wholly dissapointed with Mandrake 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 for that exact reason. I was thrilled with Suse 8.2 and 9.0. The jury is still out on 9.1 for reasons you describe. 9.2 needs to be bulletproof from a server standpoint. I look to move my production system to 9.2 after the list settles down regarding little glitches. Keep stability in mind! My Mandrake 7.2 box is getting very old.
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On Tuesday October 12 2004 6:58 pm, Philipp Thomas wrote:
Fred Miller <fmiller@lightlink.com> [Tue, 12 Oct 2004
18:27:10 -0400]:
Why is SUSE going to use the 2.6.8 kernel?! The reports on 2.6.8 AREN'T good!!
Have you forgotten that SUSE employs a number of kernel hackers? This isn't the vanilla 2.6.8!
Why not 2.6.7....it was stable?!
And have a vast number of people bashing SUSE because of an "ancient" kernel?
I wouldn't!! STABILITY my friend - that IS what most of us want and MUST have! I don't need grief, like we have now, for example getting XCDRoast to allow users to burn a CD, and getting a number of hardware to work properly. I'm not picking on SUSE, you should know that by now.
Fred
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