[cod] which linux distribution for a cod2 gameserver

[Jonathan Adams]

Fedora 5 is more like a windows OS than any other, and has "too many"
features that clog it down for server work. It is also not particularly
stable.. remember that Fedora is a community build and so the longer
something has been out the more work and testing has gone into it.

On 14/08/06, Ian mu <mu.llamas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Think you have the fed numbering mixed, fed 5 is latest cutting edge and
> least stable in essence. Centos is a good stable dist following the same
> redhat lineage but stable (basically built from redhat enterprise sources,
> just no redhat badging).
>
> On 8/14/06, ::DFC::MacBooom[NL] <macbooom at dutchfightclub.nl> wrote:
>
> >   Just read a article that the fedora 5 would also be the most stable of
> > all of them.
> >
> > I think I will that one a try.
> >
> > Later I will be digging deeper, cause the last time I tried a linux
> > install at home is 4 years ago.
> >
> > I think I will try fedora 2 after my unix skills become a bit higher.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thnx for the fast reply's
> >
> > MacBooom
> >
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> >
> > *Van:* dijonwolfie at googlemail.com [mailto:dijonwolfie at googlemail.com] *Namens
> > *Jonathan Adams
> > *Verzonden:* maandag 14 augustus 2006 16:50
> > *Aan:* cod at icculus.org
> > *Onderwerp:* Re: [cod] which linux distribution for a cod2 gameserver
> >
> >
> >
> > I use Fed 4 on all my installations, and any of the red-hat distros are
> > probably the best for running gaming servers.. its also user friendly so you
> > should be ok if you are easing yourself in. If you want to really get in
> > deep with unix get Fedora 2, it's brilliant for things like apache :)
> >
>
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