[Bradford] Alternative to Arch

Tue May 26 12:56:12 UTC 2020

Hi Mike

The openSUSE server is rock solid; it is well documented and anything you want 
is almost certainly available from an openSUSE repo.

John

On Tuesday, 26 May 2020 12:56:56 BST Moanin via Bradford wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I've been trying Arch as a distro to run a server on. I've found it
> excellent for all the standard stuff. But anything out of the ordinary
> is almost freakish. There's and AUR - Arch User Repository - and each
> time I've had to use it to date there has been a "security" problem
> which has made the installation fail. Such as out of date GPG keys or
> the "built" Zend engine not matching the "running" Zend engine.
> 
> With two packages now needing AUR based PHP modules, for which PHP
> breaks altogether or don't get used if the AUR is bypassed, I am now
> looking for a stable distro which doesn't need a complete backup and
> reinstall every few months. AUR can't match that although Arch itself is
> the ideal solution for non-AUR purposes.
> 
> The plan is to keep Arch on the current server and move those two
> packages onto a couple of new VPSs running another distro.
> 
> So, any recommendations please folks?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Mike
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