[juneau-lug] Re: home server
- From: Jamie <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 10:19:38 -0900
On 11/01/2013 04:00 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
> On 11/01/2013 03:19 PM, Jamie wrote:
>> On 11/01/2013 02:27 PM, James Zuelow wrote:
>>>> So I'm looking at CentOS and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and ??? So what have you
>>>> used? And what do you like about it?
>>>>
>>>> -Jamie
>>>>
>>> I am a die-hard Debian fan. Always have been, always will be.
>>>
>>> That being said, Kevin Miller has been working with CentOS recently, in
>>> order to support our e-mail gateways.
>>>
>>> In fact he can probably help you out with media.
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>> I've got a CentOS 6.2 disk but it seems the current version is 6.4. So,
>> Kevin, got one of those?
>>
>> Yes, I hear lots of good things about Debian and believe them, but I've
>> not quite made the comfort level there yet. Probably should try again.
> Desktop at work is Debian. James sort of converted me. Used to be an
> openSUSE guy but got tired of upgrading every 18 to 24 months. Some
> things I don't like about it but nothing insurmountable.
>
> I'm replacing the SUSE (not openSUSE) servers with centOS because it's
> an enterprise solution w/long term support and I don't have to deal with
> licensing issues.
>
> SLES support was expensive and only got us updates, no hand-holding per
> se, and Novell has a convoluted process to update the license. I got
> tired of it. I didn't mind paying for updates (they gotta eat too) but
> when I have to jump through hoops just to keep the license key active
> then no thanks. I do miss some aspects of YaST though.
>
> One thing about centOS is it's quite behind the times. Debian is too,
> but not nearly as badly. I like KDE over gnome, and IIRC centOS is
> using KDE 4.3. If you're going to just run at the CLI it's moot. On my
> mail gateways it doesn't matter so much because I don't need a GUI on
> them. There are some issues with perl versions if you use rpmforge or
> epel (and you pretty much need to). Makes it more of a hassle to update
> or install stuff but that's life.
>
> At home I went with Kubuntu and like it quite a bit. More bleeding edge
> than Debian, but it's a long term release so no upgrade blues after just
> a year or two. I'd recommend that. Since I don't use gnome I don't
> have any opinions on that brouhaha.
>
> If you do install centOS, just use the 6.2 disk then do a yum update and
> you'll be at 6.4. Just don't do it when Melody is watching Netflicks or
> you'll be cooking your own dinner. (Unless you have a nice fat link to
> the inet.) I do have a 6.4 DVD around here somewhere if you don't want
> to do the download drill. You're welcome to swing by and grab it next
> time your downtown if you like...
>
> ...Kevin
Thanks Kevin - the auto upgrade went flawlessly, so I'm now at 6.4.
There is some glitch which causes the machine to freeze after an hour or
so. I hope to troubleshoot that soon. Maybe the hard disk is doing
some non-use time out? I hear a click every so often that is odd. Stay
tuned. -Jamie
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