On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 02:51:45PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
> It would be interesting if we had a set of use cases Fedora Server
> actually solves. So far in this thread we've seen people use it, but
> it reads to me like they use it to get a boiled down installation of
> Fedora. So is Fedora Server just a convenient way to get a quick and
> simple Fedora installation (e.g. you're using it because it's
> *Fedora*), or do people actually use it for traditional server use
> cases.
>
> For those using it for traditional server use cases, why? What about
> it do you find better than something like CentOS?
Yeah, this is absolutely another valuable idea. The Use Cases and Personas
at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Server/Product_Requirements_Document#User_Profiles.2C_Primary_Use_Cases_and_Goals
were created *seven* years ago and reflect aspiration, not nessarily
reality. So it would be very valuable for interested people to update that
to reflect both actual current use and the current aspirations.
Anecdata which is as 'useful' as any other.
Most of the people I have dealt with in the last 4 years with Server have been using it mainly as a replacement for the Everything DVD and because it was the most 'un-opinionated' release of Fedora. It wasn't actually being used in any more of a server release as much as a 'get out of my way' while still using Fedora.
For the people who were using it as servers, it was split between getting ready for the next RHEL/CentOS they would be deploying, they needed packages which were not in EPEL, or things like python/nodejs/etc was new enough for what they needed to run but wasn't in EL8.
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Matthew Miller
<mattdm@fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader
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