I bought another dedicated server the other day. Decided I'd go for something different, so I went for an AMD processor (I love AMD processors). Being that I wanted to go totally different compared to my other servers, I decided to choose Fedora as my Linux operating system. Typically, I use Unix, but I wanted change. Boy was that a mess. Don't bother with Fedora. It's extremely slow with newer ethernet cards...and it's really messing my sites up. If you want a fast operating system that'll work correctly with present day ethernet cards for fast site loading times, choose CentOS or Debian if you're going with Linux. Stay away from Fedora.
Fedora is good but kinda slugghish for hosting environments. CentOS is recommended, based on Red Hat, and it`s also lite, just the thing to run a dedi.
I am on fedora but thinking to upgrade to Red Hat. What is easier about Red Hat regarding server administration do you guys know? What is it like the SELinux firewall used by RH? I was even thinking to buy the new RH5 and use it also as test box at home and desk top at the same time. Thanks for the insight about fedora I was never sure if my box was secure.
You can use APF as firewall ( it`s based on iptables ) , and it`s easy to manage, plus you can combine it with BFD so you have a IDS system too ( intrusion detection system ). You can also use configserver.com CSF firewall script. Redhat is better since you have a faster system than Fedora. Plus redhat has it`s own up2date sources. You can secure fedora too, but alot of new scripts and techniques for securing are RH/CentOS based. It`s good to mention too that CentOS doesn`t cost ( some hosts bill RH for $25 ), and it`s an open source version of RedHat ( based on same core elements ). CentOS is pretty developed, so you`d be better of using that. Regards, Adrian
The Fedora Legacy project has been closed, not the Fedora project itself. I think thats what you meant but I just wanted to clarify it for anyone reading. Fedora is of limited usage, imho. The primary purpose of Fedora is as a bleeding edge distribution, where Redhat can test the latest versions of applications and kernels before using them in their Enterprise distribution. It's aimed towards home users, and fulfills that quite well. Its certainly not meant to be any sort of server OS; its simply not stable or well tested enough - by design. Sometimes, you might get huge improvements in hardware support from using Fedora. Othertimes, as the OP experienced, the drivers are buggy and give poor performance. If you're going to use a Linux machine for anything important, you need to use a stable distribution. CentOS and SuSE Enterprise Linux are two that come to mind. While I'd consider Debian stable, it doesn't have the hardware certification and enterprise application certification (i.e. Oracle) that others have. If its really important stuff you're doing with the machine, consider going with Red Hat Enterprise Linux for paid support.