[luau] Upgrading servers

[Hawaii Linux Institute]

R. Scott Belford wrote:

> Brian Chee wrote:
>
>> I'm looking at going all Fedora...
>
> With the greatest of respect to Warren, why not debian? 


Personally, having been fully committed to Fedora, I wouldn't recommend 
it to anyone.  The more I have used it, the more problems I have 
discovered.  However, we have to realize that Linux is becoming a very 
competitive (and potentially very lucrative) market.  Eventually, it is 
the experience, which can be accumulated only by collecting and solving 
problems, that counts.  Since you must invest a lot of your time to 
build your own value-added experience, which, invariably, will be 
distro-dependent, the choice of a distro cannot be overstated.

For me, because of certain distinct advantages that I described in 
previous threads, I am sticking to Fedora.  Factors that must be 
considered include but are not limited to: long-term viability, 
stability of development community, documentation, acceptability by the 
corporate environment, etc. All things considered (especially in light 
of the vast conjugative development communities in China and Taiwan), 
Fedora really stands out.

Most of Fedora's "problems", particularly in the desktop area, can be 
solved by providing a supplemental CD or, if the user has a broadband 
connection, a yum script.  This is an area I really like to see more 
systematic and collaborative efforts.  If anyone is interested in taking 
a lead, I will be more than happy to discuss the possible budget needs.  
wayne