"Bryan J. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 8/14/08, G. Matthew Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, that sucks. What about us poor slobs that want a > > lightweight option to the gnome and kde stacks? > > That's what Fedora is for. ;) > > Remember, RHEL is targeted to paying customers. What > people are willing to pay for, and want SLAs, is what > drives what does or does not go in RHEL.
Good point. Besides, we generally b-slap anyone that puts X on our servers so I guess I'm just being a PITA on this point. > > Would CentOS be like RHEL, then? > > I cannot speak for CentOS, especially given who I work > for. But CentOS does strive for bit-by-bit compatibility > with RHEL, per their goals. I can attest that they do a > pretty good job. > > In fact, Johnny Hughes regularly has to remind people > that deviation will never be an option they will expore. > > They have CentOS "Plus" and other things, but largely it's > RHEL bit-by-bit, with other things provided by either > Fedora's EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) or > the various RPM Forge-aligned repositories. Good to know. Thanks, -- g. matthew rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> starnix care, toronto, ontario, ca phone: 647.722.5301 x242 gpg id: EF9AAD20 http://www.starnix.com professional linux services & products _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list lpi-examdev@lpi.org http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
