Anyone here running Fedora servers?

[ByronM]

What is your opinion on fedora core 1? stable enough? have any issues? tweaks? tricks?

[SeanW]

I've been running a few for a while now... No problems at all. I'd suggest setting up yum for your updates though, and choosing a local mirror rather than the central ones.

Sean

[karmov]

With the announced end of life for 9, I'm looking to make the move to Fedora. Any other comments from others currently running it?

[ByronM]

the EOL of RH9 is why i've skipped it.

I would use RHEL but i've heard nightmares about it - especially for the costs. I run alot of dual xeons and i've heard kernel hell stories with many issues.

I can't wait for suse 9.1.. i'll have to order it and send some copies to the noc so i can upgrade in the future. Waiting to see if the AMD64 version takes off.

[SeanW]

BTW, fedoralegacy.org is supporting RH9 for another year and a half or so.

We've also had success converting RH 7.3/8/9 machines to Fedora directly through yum, ie without CDs or going through the anaconda upgrade utility.

Sean

[digitalv]

I have an Indiana Jones-style Fedora hat ... that's the only Fedora I use :p

[ByronM]

Is it possible to upgrade from Fedora core 1 to Fedora Core 2 and future releases on a hot system?

Like an apt-get dist upgrade or something that can upgrade and reboot in place?

[martin]

Why not use Debian, it has the smoothest upgrade and apt-get doesn't even require a reboot, unless you update your kernel of course.

[hayseed]

White Box Linux (whiteboxlinux dot org) is a derivative of RHEL 3.0, and has been open sourced for your convenience. Easiest Linux install I've ever done.

<edit>And includes GUI config/mgmt tools for those who care about such things.</edit>

[SeanW]

Is it possible to upgrade from Fedora core 1 to Fedora Core 2 and future releases on a hot system?

Sure, change the numbers in /etc/yum.conf, and run "yum upgrade".

Sean