[server-admins] CrossWire server

[Jonathan Marsden]

On 03/02/2012 10:56 AM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote:

> I hate upstart (and systemd)
> I hate the short update support life.
> I hate being forced to do an 'upgrade' every year or so.


> So, now that you've heard about what I hate, what are your thoughts?


I'd say go with CentOS, for an RPM-based server OS for which you don't
want paid support from Red Hat.  I'm not sure what the value of using
RHEL in some sort of lower priced non-profit variant would be, if you
don't want to use RH support (which would, presumably, cost some
additional real money every year) -- so you might as well use CentOS.

As Peter says, if you are willing to deal with .deb packaging, Debian
stable is a good way to go for long running reliable servers.  But if
that's not going to be comfortable for you, try CentOS.

Jonathan