08-01-2004, 04:51 PM
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We are going to be installing a Linux box for an ISP. We are going to be installing DirectAdmin or Cpanel, or something equivalent, for a GUI Interface. At this time in the planning stage, we are going to use a Win2003 Server for the dial up manager - Radius Server. It's already setup and working.
We are planning on using the Linux box for email, web hosting, and DNS. I'm thinking about the latest version of Red Hat, but that’s only because it sounds the most familiar. As you can tell from reading this, I don't know a great deal about Linux, I'm sure I am about to learn! I would like a suggestion on which version of Linux, Unix or what ever else is out there, that would best suit my needs. If there are any other general suggestions, I would like very much to hear those as well.
Thanks in advance.
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08-01-2004, 04:54 PM
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RH Enterprise has a licensing fee, Fedora is their free version. Both work with DA and Cpanel I believe.
I mainly deal with DA on Fedora, it's been rather stable thus far.
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08-01-2004, 05:10 PM
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Go with Fedora Core 1.
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08-01-2004, 05:11 PM
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I know that CPanel will keep RHEL up to date but I'm not so sure about Fedora. Maybe someone can clarify that?
We use RHEL on our servers and have had no problems with it except for a very obscure problem with the kernel and certain SCSI controllers. RH issued an updated kernel and there have been no problems since.
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08-01-2004, 05:27 PM
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Been around for too long...
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Quote:
Originally posted by captain-d
I know that CPanel will keep RHEL up to date but I'm not so sure about Fedora. Maybe someone can clarify that?
We use RHEL on our servers and have had no problems with it except for a very obscure problem with the kernel and certain SCSI controllers. RH issued an updated kernel and there have been no problems since.
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CPanel does keep Fedora servers up to date, and also continues to work with Legacy upgrades for RH 7.3, 8.0, and 9.
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08-01-2004, 05:42 PM
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For DA the officially FC1 is still beta however there are 0 open issues so its considered stable really
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08-01-2004, 05:43 PM
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CentOS - it's a fork of the RHE distro - but without liscensing ^_^
I would give you a link to it, but I don't have 5 posts yet...
www centos org :-P
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08-01-2004, 05:44 PM
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Thanks for clarifying that Mainarea!
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08-01-2004, 06:03 PM
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I would not suggest fedora for a server.. it tends to be edge stuff.. unstable, in my experiance...
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08-01-2004, 06:11 PM
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I went out to Fedora, I don't know which to download. There is a FC2-x86_64-SRPMS-disc1.iso , and a FC2-x86_64-disc1.iso file. Which one? What does SRPMS stand for?
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08-01-2004, 06:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Icky
I went out to Fedora, I don't know which to download. There is a FC2-x86_64-SRPMS-disc1.iso , and a FC2-x86_64-disc1.iso file. Which one? What does SRPMS stand for?
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First, are you trying to get it for a 64 bit processor (Athlon 64, Opteron, or Itanium)?
The SRPMS disc has a bunch of source code and stuff. Download the non-SRPMS version.
But again, make sure you want the 64 bit version. If it's for a normal 32 bit processor, get the i386 version.
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08-01-2004, 09:53 PM
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Ya, I figured that out after I started downloading. I saw the i386, which looked like the directory on Windows Server products. I downloaded the correct ones, the ones you said. Thanks for your help.
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08-01-2004, 11:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by AnnihiLizard
I would not suggest fedora for a server.. it tends to be edge stuff.. unstable, in my experiance...
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Fedora Core 1 is VERY stable as an OS, especially with CPanel. I haven't used Fedora Core 2 yet however.
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08-01-2004, 11:56 PM
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Fedora Core 1 is stable and can be used for a server. I haven't had any problems with my Fedora core 2 box either and both are supported by cPanel.
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08-02-2004, 09:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by AnnihiLizard
I would not suggest fedora for a server.. it tends to be edge stuff.. unstable, in my experiance...
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proof? reasoning? Curious what you may be doing to crash Fedora.
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