On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 13:32 +0800, John Summerfied wrote: > > I'd not use FC on a server. > > > > I maintain several machines, some running Debian, a couple run FC3. > > > > I maintain the software remotely - where remotely varies from across the > > LAN to via dialup Internet. > > > > apt-get works well and I run it nightly in a cron job to download from a > > local mirror. It's easy to configure apt-get to use a particular mirror, > > and the initial configuration is done at install time. > > > > I've not discovered a good way to make yum download "hands off." I > > _could_ make it download and install, but that's not my style. I like to > > control when updates go in. > > > > By default, yum uses a selection of mirrors in convenient locations such > > as .fi. .il and goodness knows where else. I'm in Australia, and there > > are few locations further away than those. > > It's very easy to make yum use a local mirror. I do this both at home at > at work. Just point each repo at your local mirror using the "baseurl" > directive in your yum repository configuration instead of using the > default mirrorlist. I seem to have good luck using # yum update from the command line. It just asked me for y/n one time after it figures out all I need. If I could just get that to answer "y" I would be in hog heaven there! > > > I see an enormous volume of updates for FC. I've not checked on what > > they fix, but I suspect they're mostly not security-related. > > I think most are usability improvements for the desktop, and probably > not really needed on servers. > > > I'd not like such a volatile selection of software on my server, I'd be > > perpetually worried that something will break, and if a server breaks > > then the whole enterprise (school in my case) is affected. > > Yes, for example there was a recent util-linux update that > "broke" (though there was a workaround that could be used) client-side > NFS mounts to older servers, though an updated update was released the > day after. > > > If you want a Red Hat-based solution then look at the free download > > versions of RH's Enterprise Linux. I have not used one, but I might. I > > have been downloading the source updates, and they're relatively few as > > compared with FC. Free RHEL?????????? ok...it's pretty early for me here in Louisiana but I am getting to feel like a mushroom...being kept in the dark and fed chit. Wow I have never heard of this now! > > Agreed. Centos looks a good bet. > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> jr -- rado <rado@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
