My experience with Yast has not been good. Maybe it's better now, but when I used it, it tended to break things and hide shadow copies of configuration files where we couldn't find them, then write over our customized REAL files when we least expected. After having to fix a couple of broken systems by hand, we gave up using it. But please, no religious wars!
What's the kernel level for SLES10? I thought I recalled RHEL4 was slightly higher than SLES9. Suse does seem to like ReiserFS a lot. RHEL4 doesn't even include it in the base. > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > John Summerfield > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] SLES vs RHEL > > > Evans, Kevin R wrote: > > 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. > > > > I recommend you do your POC on both. > > > > > > Inquiring minds want to know <g>. > > > > I suspect RH is a little more conservative; SUSE defaults to reiserfs > (which is newer than ext2/3), whereas you have to try fairly > hard to get > RHEL installed on it, I'd rather ext3, I still see the occasional > complaint about reiserfs. > > OTOH I think SLES has better configuration tools (in Yast, > everything's > anchored at a single point) than RHEL (they're a bit harder to find, > some seem to be there just so as to tick a box on a list, some work > unsatisfactorily with a text interface (I'm thinking network > configuration), many don't have a text interface AFAIK, > > You can, at present, get an evaluation copy of SLES and SLED for the > trouble of registering and downloading. RH is supposedly > going into beta > for RHEL5 in Sep (was Aug), & releasing at year's end. This will be > about equivalent to SLES 10, which has just been released. > > > I'd be surprised if there's much difference in performance > _iff_ you use > the same filesystems, the differences will be in the tools such as > installation & configuration, and in the support channel. > > The one you use should be the one you prefer, you may well decide the > best configuration tool is /usr/bin/vim and that the > configuration tools > don't matter. > > > -- > > Cheers > John > > -- spambait > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tourist pics > http://portgeographe.environmentaldisasters.cds.merseine.nu/ > > do not reply off-list > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
