CentOS Death in 2021

Sean Cole (Pi) sean at pidigital.co.uk
Wed Dec 16 21:55:24 EST 2020


Hi Richard,

My case scenario is maybe a little unique, I don't know. The server app
needs to build from MySQL data and other resources (csv's and images)
downloaded from emails received from a vendor a PDF report that it 'prints'
out and uploads to a web hosted site for downloading by the clients desktop
app (on windows). We receive about 100-200 emails at the moment that get
processed by the server every morning as soon as they are received (all at
about 5am). Regardless of if it was running in the IDE or as a standalone
in the server (which is private and never accessed directly or indirectly
by any client) it runs at the same speed with the same functionality
(except I don't have to wait for a huge stack to build each time I make a
little change). This is why a GUI is required, so the PDF can be built.

 > Back to my OP.
>  > - What system build of Linux should I best install in Parallels
>  > virtual and Server Remote Host for deployment should I run with?
>  > Given the choices of potentially having LC IDE running as the ‘live’
>  > software stack on the server itself (which is not the best way to run
>  > it, but potentially a method that is usable for our purposes perhaps).
>
> What is the benefit of running the LC IDE on a server, as opposed to a
> standalone?  Do you need a GUI there at all?
>
> Either way, I believe Heriberto made a solid case yesterday for Ubuntu.
> As the most popular distro, it has more docs, tutorials, and community
> support, and more de facto testing.  It's also the leading choice for
> computer manufacturers shipping with Linux preinstalled, like Dell's XP
> line and similar from HP, Acer, and others.
>



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