[ic] OS suggestions for new server

Bob McClure Jr bob at bobcatos.com
Mon Mar 23 22:43:26 UTC 2015


On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 03:35:34PM -0700, Josh Lavin wrote:
> Quoting Peter (peter at pajamian.dhs.org):
> > On 03/24/2015 05:39 AM, DB wrote:
> > > Currently my production IC5 runs on a Centos5 server. Although it's
> > > still supported for quite some time with security patches, I think it's
> > > time to move to a more modern OS. Just asking "what should I use" is a
> > > bit too general, so instead I'll ask for opinions of just two options:
> > > Centos 7 and Ubuntu 14.04. Any thoughts are appreciated.
> > 
> > Go with what you're used to, stick to CentOS.
> 
> Get ready to learn systemd...
> 
> -- 
> Josh Lavin
> Perusion -- Expert Interchange Consulting    http://www.perusion.com/
> ... ask me about job opportunities ...

... and firewalld.  One of my clients decided he wanted to upgrade
from CentOS 5 to CentOS 7.  We had to fight too much new stuff, and
decided to fall back and do a more gentle upgrade to CentOS 6.  N.B. -
we haven't done the latter yet.

Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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