[ale] Fedora as a server?

[J.M. Taylor]

I've got to move from one hosted server to a newer one (well...am being
strongly encouraged and think it's an awfully good idea).  My current
machine runs RH7.3, on which I've conquered problems with cyrus and exim
as well as happily running apache 2, php, mysql and a small handful of
other things.

My options for a new server are Fedora 1, something called Tao Enterprise
Linux that I've never heard of, and freebsd 4.8.  I can pay a good bit
extra to do RH Enterprise, which I do not need nor want.  The machine is
hosted at Xilogix if anyone has any Xilogix-specific advice -- I've been
really happy with them so I'm not interested in investigating other host
options that may have other OSs.

Is Fedora even suitable as a server OS?  What are the differences between
it and 7.3 from a strictly command-line point of view (ie - does it do
startup scripts differently? Does it put its libraries someplace
different? Is it easy to lock down without breaking?)  What about going
from Linux to FreeBSD?

Has anybody compiled cyrus (from source -- _not_ a package) on either 
Fedora or FreeBSD?  Any pros/cons?  Cyrus is my big sticking point here -- 
I know how to make it work on RH7 and am afraid of moving it.

What it boils down to is -- what would you pick to run your web/email 
services?  

All advice is appreciated.

Many thanks
jenn

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Jenn Taylor
jtaylor at onlinea.com

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