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John Walsh wrote:
| | Hi, | | As a current RedHat Linux 9.0 user - I'm wondering if Fedora is the | replacement for me ? |
Yes, it is. FC1 could be considered "RedHat 10" for all intents and purposes. The community-driven aspect of the project is just getting ramped up and (I'm suspecting) we won't see how it will fully work until FC2 or 3.
| If it is, then I'll try to contribute any way I can, which would | probably come down to helping | newbies out with things that I've got working - so I understand how to | configure them... |
If there's a Linux Users' Group near where you're living, I'd suggest joining up. Knowledgable users are always helpful at Install Fests. *grin*
| | Anyway - I would describe myself as a 'home user', who is lucky enough | to have a fixed IP | connection (because thats what I wanted) and runs a web server with a | small internal network. | | Although I am a software developer - I did not want to get into a | 'techi' relationship with | Linux - I just wanted a system which will work. I don't mind doing | configuration, but I didn't | want to be chasing problems... I would love to see Linux more widely | used, and so 'just working' | is an important feature for that to happen, and as it does happen, I | feel more confident in | recomending Linux to other (none technical) users. | | Reasons why I choose RedHat to start with (3 years ago): | | very good installer, | updates available (up2date), | modern kernel (modular, USB support), | works reliably (just as I wanted above), |
All of these things apply today. In fact, the installer has gotten better and GNOME 2.4 is a great leap in desktop usability.
| | My other options would be: | | RH Enterprise WS - not designed to be a server ? | | RH Enterprise ES - all that I need (?), but expensive. |
Fedora's what you want.
| | I did try Debian - but the installer is not very helpful, and it simpy | crashes or only lets me | install such an old version of Linux that its of no use to me. | | | Having read the goals for Fedora, it looks like a good option for me. | | My only concern is the frequency of new releases and if this means that | I will need to | re-install at the same rate - and how that effects me keeping my server | going with all | its history (eg. mailman lists... which I am new to, so have not been | through an upgrade | yet, but I did find and half fix a bug in it). |
As long as you stay current with updates, you could theoretically use yum/apt to move from FC1 to 2 and so on.
| In fact, on the subject of doing re-installs (for an upgrade), I have a | suggestion. Would it | be possible to create a floppy disc with your install options stored on | it, so that when you | come to do your next install, you can pop in the floppy and click the | button 'get options | from floppy' ? It would save having to go through the package list every | time... although | there may be some changes between releases, but I'm sure that can be | flagged to the | user, who can then sort it out.... | | Or, is it possible to create a minimal list of all the 'top level' | RPM's, such that selecting just those | would force all the dependencies to be installed too... | |
The "upgrade" function on your CDROM distro of Fedora already performs this function.
You could also look in to creating a Kickstart file and adjusting it slightly for each release.
| So, if anyone has any wise words for me, or advice as to which Linux I | should choose, | it would be appreciated. |
Wise words: Always make /home its own partition.
That is all. *grin*
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