[SOLVED] F14 or F15?

[John Phntm]

Hey All,

I am about to upgrade the OS on our server from Fedora 4 to either Fedora 14 or Fedora 15. I am pretty new to this so have a couple of questions:

1. Would F14 or F15 be better? The server will be connected to machines with all of the following platforms: F4, F14, Windows 3.1.1, Windows 7

2. Will F14 or F15 be supported for a longer period of time?

3. Do you know of any easy to to install server instructions I can reference if I get lost?

Thanks in advance for your input and assistance.

Cheers!
John

[Nordic]

I can't speak for the server side, but personally I've had way more problems with F15 than I did with F14 (none of them related to gnome) To the point where I'm seriously considering switching distros.

[note32]

14 is way more stable than 15 is right now, IMO i would wait to install 15 for awhile

[x0000000009]

My experience so far is that my desktop server that uses routing rules on two networks is working great with fedora 15, but when i upgraded my home server i have all sorts of issues.

dhcpd didn't start automatically i a had to switch it over to the "systemctl enable dhcpd.service" command

logging stopped working fixed with "systemctl enable rsyslog.service"

my dual monitor setup in gnome 3 on my server does not have all the neat features that are on the single monitor display on the workstation. both use nvidia geforce agp cards. (the one in the server is a better card). I'm guessing this is due to the dual monitors.

I like having desktop icons so i had to yum install gnome-tweak-tool to get them back.

I've noticed that /etc/init.d/cyrus-imapd isn't there anymore, but i never changed that file so i don't think it is an issue.

and my biggest issue is that sendmail wont send email anymore.. still working on that one.

I'm defiantly not going to upgrade a corporate email server right now however.

[geleimate]

I don't want to suggest either option (both has its advantages and disadvantages), but I don't upgrade any production servers until the EOL of the given version or something else forces me to.

Personally, I don't experience problems with F15 (that couldn't be fixed easily), but again, worksforme arguments are invalid.

Originally Posted by John Phntm

The server will be connected to machines with all of the following platforms: [...] Windows 3.1.1

Wow.

[bodhi.zazen]

Originally Posted by John Phntm

Hey All,

I am about to upgrade the OS on our server from Fedora 4 to either Fedora 14 or Fedora 15. I am pretty new to this so have a couple of questions:

1. Would F14 or F15 be better? The server will be connected to machines with all of the following platforms: F4, F14, Windows 3.1.1, Windows 7

2. Will F14 or F15 be supported for a longer period of time?

3. Do you know of any easy to to install server instructions I can reference if I get lost?

Thanks in advance for your input and assistance.

Cheers!
John

Fedora 4 ? wow.

1. Back up your data first.

2. I would use RHEL or Centos rather then Fedora

[beaker_]

I am about to upgrade the OS on our server from Fedora 4 to either Fedora 14 or Fedora 15. I am pretty new to this so have a couple of questions:

If I'm reading correctly then is it the same hardware? If so, then don't waste your time and instead install Scientific Linux 6 or wait till Wednesday for CentOS to release 6... we hope... I say that because any good support for old graphics cards went away between F12 & F13. If however you bought a nice new(er) nvidea card then fill your boots with F15. Knock on wood, it's been stable enough here.

[PiElle]

Fedora 15!

[marko]

Originally Posted by bodhi.zazen

Fedora 4 ? wow.

1. Back up your data first.

2. I would use RHEL or Centos rather then Fedora

Or Scientific Linux, I put it on my print server and it's really nice (and it's version 6 while Centos is still struggling to come out with 6)

[DavidMcCann]

Don't do it! Fedora is not a server distro, and it's changed a great deal (i.e. got more experimental) since version 4. You seem to have survived for several years without security patches, but you really should get a distro with long-term support. If you're used to Fedora, then CentOS or Scientific Linux is what you need: stable software and security patches for 7+ years instead of 1.

[John Phntm]

Thanks for your help and advice!