Brian Parsons

I’ve been running Arch Linux on my workstations and on servers for a long time. Every once in a while I see a debate in an Arch Linux forum about it’s suitability for use on production servers. Being a rolling release distribution, it is different than other distributions that concentrate on enterprise and long-term support like RedHat Enterprise and CentOS. Without getting too much into the pros and cons - one of the key reasons that I use Arch on servers is earlier access to newer technologies like the 3.0 Linux kernel series (with built-in xen support). Overall, though, it is due to my familiarity with and love for it. The OS that I load on my servers is there to support my applications. I find Arch is simple and light yet thorough and stable in getting the job done. If you are running Arch on servers or are interested in doing so, here are some practices that I recommend.

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In recent KDE updates, the PIM suite (kmail, kontact) is …uh… not really working for me. I don’t know if it is truly broken or just requires a different approach and understanding.

This has me temporarily using Thunderbird for mail until I can get back to using my beloved kmail. Unfortunately, Akonadi, the engine behind the PIM suite, still insists on going out and fetching mail and doing other things.

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