Re: Best list for server only traffic?
On Mon, 05 May 2014 14:04:33 -0400
Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> wrote:
> On 5/5/2014 8:56 AM, Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 06:59:55AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
> >> I was perusing the available choices for the debian email lists and
> >> there are so many...
> >>
> >> What I'm looking for is the best choice for server only related
> >> stuff. I don't use debian for my desktop (yet), but have two
> >> servers that I now manage, and the overwhelming traffic on this
> >> list seems to be for desktop related stuff.
> >>
> >> Would appreciate any suggestions.
>
> > This list is for all users of Debian systems, and you'll find
> > both high level sysadmins and absolute beginners here. Ask away.
>
> Sorry, I should have been more clear.
>
> This list is waaaaaaaaaay too high volume for my needs. I don't need
> to see the 98+% of the traffic all related to desktop issues. I don't
> run any DE at all, and don't intend to.
>
> I'm looking for a lower volume/traffic list that focuses only on
> server related issues...
>
>
You might want to look at sites/lists specific to the server daemons
and other specialised software that you run, then. A Debian server is
much like any other Linux server, and will not in general have its own
specialised problems. Issues of security, backup, etc. are going to be
much the same whatever the distribution.
Where Debian tends to be different from other distributions is in the
package management system and the overall software upgrade policy of
Debian Stable. This isn't something specific to servers, and where the
upgrade policy causes difficulties, it is normally to users of Stable on
desktops, not on servers.
I think you will be hard put to find a useful forum where people
discuss nothing but issues peculiar to Debian servers, as opposed to
any other kind. You don't mention your background, but if you are
coming to Debian from Windows, Linux doesn't have the hard demarcation
between desktop and server OS which Windows has always had. There is no
separate Linux server OS, just software packages which are more likely
to be found on servers than on desktops, and the fact that many/most
servers don't run GUIs.
This is indeed one minor Debian difference, as the commercial
distributions which are looking to take market share from Microsoft,
mainly Red Hat and Suse, do generally run GUIs on their servers,
because that's what Windows people are used to. Their users can have
the added desktop fun of video drivers and X problems, which most
Debian server users choose to avoid.
--
Joe
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