fedora or cent OS for my server?

Category: Geeks r Us

Post 1 by billdengler (Generic Zoner) on Wednesday, 16-Mar-2011 16:46:19

Hello to red hat/cent OS/fedora users,
I am currently using cent OS 5.5 for my server. Should I switch over to fedora so I can get a screen reader?
A friend of mine told me that the yum repositories on fedora are more active and I can get a screen reader. I am totally blind and can't see the screen, so I use SSH to access my server. The only problem is I can't see the output as the machine boots which is something i'd like to do.
I was told the fedora ISO to download needed to be modified, and I had to get the one at here


Bill Dengler
I use my server for my MOO, teamtalk and PBX.

Post 2 by crazy mike (gold master) on Wednesday, 16-Mar-2011 20:30:44

i use cent for ssh if you are running it at your house then it may be a good idea but if you are not then it doesn't mater you can always look at your boot logs to see what if anything is going on

Post 3 by billdengler (Generic Zoner) on Thursday, 17-Mar-2011 15:15:36

the server is used for:
PBX(asterisk, freepbx, dahdi, libpri, ztdummy)
teamtalk server
MOO server
current distro:cent OS
kernel version:2.6.18
GCC 4.1

Post 4 by sorressean (Zone BBS Addict) on Thursday, 17-Mar-2011 21:42:08

dear god, .18?
I really really highly recommend debian or arch. I just run my servers (I have three of them) off both Debian or arch, depending. It works well enough, just make sure you lock down ssh and that.

Post 5 by billdengler (Generic Zoner) on Friday, 18-Mar-2011 16:03:23

Thread closed.
I am switching to fedora.