Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?
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@JaredBusch said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
Automating normal updates with CentOS is as easy as installing and configuring
yum-cron
And Fedora just replaced that with its DNF equivalent. Just as easy, too.
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
@JaredBusch said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
While this is all very true, Fedora comes with its own issues. The cost of having it up to date means a major OS update ever 3 months (i believe).
Six, but it is an average, unlike Ubuntu, so it fluctuates. Three months here, nine months there. But twice a year average.
I don't see this as a negative to using Fedora?
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@FATeknollogee said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
@JaredBusch said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
While this is all very true, Fedora comes with its own issues. The cost of having it up to date means a major OS update ever 3 months (i believe).
Six, but it is an average, unlike Ubuntu, so it fluctuates. Three months here, nine months there. But twice a year average.
I don't see this as a negative to using Fedora?
That is a point of view. It is a negative to me. Because so much can change and break things. Yes, it is smaller incremental changes compared to CentOS going from 4 to 5 to 6 to 7. But any of those little changes could break things because some dependency changed or something else.
I choose CentOS specifically because almost nothing changes.
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@JaredBusch said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
@FATeknollogee said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
@JaredBusch said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
While this is all very true, Fedora comes with its own issues. The cost of having it up to date means a major OS update ever 3 months (i believe).
Six, but it is an average, unlike Ubuntu, so it fluctuates. Three months here, nine months there. But twice a year average.
I don't see this as a negative to using Fedora?
That is a point of view. It is a negative to me. Because so much can change and break things. Yes, it is smaller incremental changes compared to CentOS going from 4 to 5 to 6 to 7. But any of those little changes could break things because some dependency changed or something else.
I choose CentOS specifically because almost nothing changes.
CentOS is built from fedora. So the changes from say 5 to 6 are as big as the cumulative changes of the Fedora releases between the two. Almost, once in a while a change is made and not kept.
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@scottalanmiller Would you happen to know of a way to subscribe to RSS or email for when CentOS has available updates? I have seen some feeds for other distros but can't find one for CentOS.
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@msff-amman-Itofficer said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
Ubuntu Server :
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Automated Security updates are easy to implement.
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ufw is pleasure to work with.
I find firewalld easier than pretty much anything else.
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@stacksofplates said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
@msff-amman-Itofficer said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
Ubuntu Server :
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Automated Security updates are easy to implement.
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ufw is pleasure to work with.
I find firewalld easier than pretty much anything else.
Definitely easier than UFW.
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@wrx7m said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
@scottalanmiller Would you happen to know of a way to subscribe to RSS or email for when CentOS has available updates? I have seen some feeds for other distros but can't find one for CentOS.
I've not looked for one. Not sure.
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
@wrx7m said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:
@scottalanmiller Would you happen to know of a way to subscribe to RSS or email for when CentOS has available updates? I have seen some feeds for other distros but can't find one for CentOS.
I've not looked for one. Not sure.
I think officially updates are sent to the mailing list https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/
What's your goal?
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@stacksofplates Thanks for the link. I would just like to know when security updates are released without having to actively look.
