All I can tell you is from our experience. When we first looked at Linux a few years back (2002 or so), Red Hat didn't have a usable s390/zSeries distribution. We started with SLES7, and moved to SLES8. It wasn't till (relatively) recently, with RHEL3 for zSeries, that Red Hat had anything worth looking at. This delay might have allowed Suse to get feet in a number of doors, and once in, they stayed.
We took a "break" from Linux-on-mainframe for a while, and coming back into it, we went with Red Hat (RHEL4), mainly because our x86 Linux base uses it, and we're trying to maintain compatibility. Red Hat keeps their x86 and z distributions in sync. There are some level differences between the two, some packaging anomalies, and a few things missing on one or the other. Stability wise, I can't really say much. RHEL4 is MUCH more stable than SLES8 ever was, but it's a much newer code base, so you can't really compare. > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Evans, Kevin R > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LINUX-390] SLES vs RHEL > > > Without wishing to stir up a firestorm here, we are working on a proof > of concept project here with RHEL on z series hardware. I have noticed > that most of the questions here seem to be about SLES...so I was > wondering why? > > > > Is this because: > > > > RHEL is more stable (therefore less questions)? > > SLES is used by more people (therefore more questions)? > > Something else? > > > > We are not set on a distribution yet although will be a choice between > SLES and RHEL. > > > > Inquiring minds want to know <g>. > > > > TIA > > > > Kevin > > > > Kevin R Evans > > > > Software Engineer Staff IV > > Lockheed Martin Information Technology > > Federal Bureau of Investigation > > 1000 Custer Hollow Road > > Clarksburg > > WV, 26306 > > > > 304-625-5870 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > -------------------------------------------------------- If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. http://www.ml.com/email_terms/ -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
