Stephen Veteran Posted June 25, 2008 Veteran Share Posted June 25, 2008 Hey, i'm going to be putting a 1u server in a datacentre soon, and i'm planning of using linux, i was thinking of using Fedora like my current dedicated and i'm wandering if there is any things i should know about this, ie any settings i should set. thanks ste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted June 25, 2008 Veteran Share Posted June 25, 2008 Do you have Linux server experience? I think that just ensuring that you turn off unnecessary services will be a big help. What kind of server? web? mail? ftp? EDIT: Found thread I was after: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=271716 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Veteran Posted June 26, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted June 26, 2008 yeah, I've had a dedicated Linux in the Netherlands for about 9 months now, and its getting to expensive. will be for web, ftp, email, games etc ive got fed 9 running on it now, its just ive never set up a server with linux from base before. what do i configure the lan with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Why not Centos ? if you cant pay for RHEL. Fedora is now too cutting edge for server. IMHO and is this plain server or CPanel ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Veteran Posted June 26, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted June 26, 2008 Why not Centos ? if you cant pay for RHEL. Fedora is now too cutting edge for server. IMHOand is this plain server or CPanel ? plain server, considering webmin tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike232 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 +1 for CentOS If your going to use webmin make sure you lock it down, make it accessible either from a trusted IP or better yet just localhost. It can be a timesaver but security wise i have my reservations about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Veteran Posted June 26, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted June 26, 2008 would i notice a difference between fed and centos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike232 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 would i notice a difference between fed and centos? Config wise no you probably wont most of the stuff is in the same place etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurse Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 (edited) If you are using Fedora 9, it will be similar, but a pretty big leap as far as version numbers go from say CentOS 5. Fedora is on a very aggressive release schedule, 2 a year for the most part. RHEL/CentOS is much more relaxed, and is much better suited to a server environment. That being said, if it is just for personal use, or learning, or general purpose stuff, there is nothing wrong with using Fedora as a server, and I have been doing that since Fedora Core 1. Edited July 14, 2008 by Kurse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin_Hell Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 +1 CentOS Although I haven't had much experience with Fedora. But like Kurse said Fedora has a very aggressive release schedule and that would make me go for CentOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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