I had no intention of playing games. I was convinced that CentOS 7 was the right choice and I spent a week working it over. There were imperfections, but none of them were fatal until today. Despite this being a server, I still have to write and publish my books. Some of the critical software I have to have for that doesn’t exist for CentOS and nobody seems interested in making it happen. I can’t even get it work properly in a virtual machine.
Okay, so it’s running Debian now. The plans are the same; I’m still going to run server operations on this thing. However, it will be different.
Debian is a much larger project with a far bigger developer community. CentOS remains tweaked toward corporate use; the design and package support caters to the corporate service world. Debian is run by developers and caters to their independent mindset, most of whom are systems administrators. Debian is used in the corporate world, but it’s quite different from CentOS. For one, everything in Debian is better integrated. In CentOS, you either use the impossible GNOME3 desktop or the poorly integrated KDE Plasma interface for workstation use. Other desktop options can be installed only later, and are even more poorly integrated into the system administration tasks than KDE. There were other considerations, and I’ll still need to know how to admin a CentOS/RHEL box because I’ll run into a lot in the corporate world. Not least is that I’ll likely run into it when I finally get a webhost for our new virtual parish.
But for now I’ll switch the focus of my studies to setting things up on Debian. Some of this is scripted and easier, but the considerations will be different and some of the default packages will be different. I’m not upset about all this, just disappointed that I can’t do everything on CentOS. I’ll likely end up running a VM with CentOS eventually just so I can keep track of it. That’s the way it goes; I honestly tried.
I am just overjoyed that you are giving it your all. This is the only way you will be able to find the right fit for all of our needs. And, my dear Pastor, you are the most qualified for this task because Father is your Guide and you got the heart for it. By the time you get this all figured out, we will all be blessed in ways we can’t even fathom right now. I am right there with you, heart and all! (:-}
Oh. Our next step is setting up our remote access settings from both Windows OS systems and Linux ones (I have both hint hint). Of course, that is AFTER you finish your end. And, be kind to yourself and try not to have a deadline set for yourself. We have all the time we need as He is the timekeeper!
The easy part is that some whatever access I can give you is possible from both. However, SSH usually means adding peculiar software to Windows (puTTy or running Cygwin).