On 2020-03-24 Alberto Abrao wrote:
Does anyone have experience with Fedora Server on a (semi) production setting? If yes, care to share your opinions? Thank you!
I've used Fedora in a server setting on dozens of computers since Fedora 1. I still use it exclusively (well, except 1 box I'm forced to use RHEL on). All production settings!
Pros: - Always near the latest kernel for all the latest h/w support and bug fixes and new features; Linus uses it for this reason - Bleeding edge of nearly everything, never sitting there wishing for the newest features in this or that or compiling things yourself or having to fudge new-on-old with containers, etc - Very professional distro: Fedora today is RHEL in 2-4 years - Upgrading to next Fedora version is easy and very reliable, many of my boxes are upgrades from 1 to 2 to 3 to ... 30. Yes, really: Same installs going for 16+ years.
Cons: - Must upgrade every 12ish months (if you skip a release) to keep getting updates - You'll see the bugs first before the other distros do; mitigate slightly by staying on the next-to-latest Fedora
There will be a lot of Sayers of Nay, but don't listen to them if you have the smarts and fortitude to live a bit more on the edge. You also get to be a bigger part of the development, guidance and bug-fixing process by using Fedora. Also, there's always CentOS if you want the RHEL world without the for-pay aspect, or if one box needs to be a little less edgy. And RHEL if your box is being used for a money-no-object purpose. And if you know one of those 3 distros, you know them all.