A chuckle about FC3

[Collins Richey]

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:47:24 -0800, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> >> I think the majority of semi-unstable components in FC3 are the desktop
> >> stuff.  However, since i use XFCE, i don't even hit that stuff much at
> >> all on my workstations that are running FC3.
> >
> >

> The reality is Fedora isn't really bleeding edge at all for server type packages.  They ship
> the latest stable versions of apache-2.x, ssh, bind, sendmail, mysql, > php, postgresql, rsync > etc, and that's all i'm using.  I use only XFS for the filesystem, so even if the box does crash, > i'm not spending any  time having to deal with fscking.
> 

I think you're onto something here, Lonni, and that may well be a
generic rule. Servers have a lot fewer components, and those
components change less rapidly. Since you're mostly upgrading kernel
and security fixes, your system is going to be inherently more stable
than the average desktop system with the latest apps du jour.

I found a few crappy things about FC3 for desktop use, but nothing
really unstable even using the much maligned GNOME. If the Fedora
folks would just get off the Mandrake bandwagon and not start every
daemon known to mandkind ....


-- 
 Collins