Reza,
CentOS, is basically just a renamed, public compile of Red Hat
Enterprise. Since RHEL is based on linux core they have to comply with
the license and make the source available. Red Hat doesn't make ISO's
available to non paying customers. So the CentOS team basically pull
down the RHEL sources, have scripts which remove RH references and redo
the splash screens, then compile. The CentOS ISO's are usually available
within 48 hours of a Red Hat release.
So in a sense you are getting RHEL without the cost. Now Red Hat shot a
warning shot across the CentOS teams bow early last year which made them
remove any reference to RH. So when you go to their site they just refer
to a large Linux distribution, their not being coy they just have to, so
as to protect their ability to keep the distribution alive.
For me it is the standard Linux distribution we use, since it is rock
solid.
Mike
Reza - Asterisk Enthusiast wrote:
*Hello Jim:*
Yes, indeed I am running Fedora on my development box, though its
co-located at a data centre and I run another two boxes that is Ubuntu
based. The reason for Fedora was quite simple. My data centres
admins are Fedora gurus and they prefer fedora over anything else. So
it was a judgment call, based on their experience in case they needed
to add or remove something from the machine - and that is what the
guys are more comfortable with.
However my preferred choice is Ubuntu. The machines running Ubuntu
did not need a reboot for more than a year. They've been finely
tweaked and tuned for optimal performance. I'm prejudiced towards
Red Hat for different reasons, but am willing to keep an open mind.
Is the CentOS team an off shoot of Redhat, or are they a completely
separate independent entity from Red Hat?
Normally all that you say is gospel to me & I listen to it heart and
soul :). However... the question I would have for you... is if
you were to decide whether CentOS or Ubuntu... which one would you
choose? The only reason I chose Ubuntu is because I felt it was a
fantastic flavour of Debian - and all my Asterisk servers have
performed flawlessly compared to any other Linux version (I
tried).... but I do have to confess I have NOT used CentOS yet!
Waiting for your enlightenment!
*Cheers!*
*Reza.*
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*From:* Jim Van Meggelen <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* 'Reza - Asterisk Enthusiast' <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*Sent:* Monday, August 28, 2006 10:37 AM
*Subject:* RE: [on-asterisk] Asterisk Voice Mail not going through.
Reza,
I noticed that you mentioned Fedora, and I thought I'd let you
know that you should have your folks look into CentOS. It is also
Redhat-based, but where Fedora is considered by Redhat to be a
sort of experimental bleeding-edge version of Redhat, CentOS is
based on Redhat Enterprise Linux. The CentOS team is so good that
they are often ahead of Redhat in terms of deploying patches and
updates, but otherwise they stick to RHEL very closely.
Highly recommended.
Jim
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