Upgrade due to CentOS 5 EOL

[Tilman Schmidt]

Please, not another systemd flamewar. It's offtopic here anyway.
Same for SELinux.

On 13.04.2017 12:08, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> 
> 
> On 04/13/2017 01:20 AM, Matthias Weigel wrote:
>> If you move from Centos5 to Centos7, you save yourself one upgrade.
>>
>> BUT:
>> Centos7 uses systemd. That can be a huge PITA.
>>
>> So, if you never used Centos7 before and are in a hurry, go to Centos6.
>> If you already know Centos7, go there.
> 
> systemd has not been a PITA for me.  Basic services work out of the
> box.  Just a few new commands to learn.  Unless the OP is using VMs, and
> only that to some extent do you really have to deal with it.
> 
> SELinux can be a bigger challenge to learn what the magic incantation is
> for a specific usage.
> 
> 
>>
>>
>> Am 13.04.2017 um 03:53 schrieb Curtis:
>>> Good evening all
>>>
>>> We have been running Postfix/Cyrus/Amavis on CentOS for over 10 years.
>>>
>>> Now we are faced with upgrading from CentOS 5 due to EOL.  Choices
>>> are CentOS 6 and 7.  Comments as to best choice would be greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Sent from Curtis E. Falany's iPhone, 813-716-2582.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
> 

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