On Thursday 14 August 2008 21:49:17 Bryan J. Smith wrote: > > Would CentOS be like RHEL, then? > > (if you know). I've not looked closely at CentOS so > > I'm not certain if they deviate or really do ape RHEL. > > 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.
And that's a very excellent thing. There are many people and institutions out there that would like to go with Red Hat but can't right now - usually for license cost reasons. Centos gives them a proving ground and an upgrade path to eventually get there. I can only realistically do that for as long as I am certain that Johnny is using the exact same source RPMs that Red Hat uses and compiles them with the same settings. It's a very nice (and very unique) symbiotic arrangement that has developed between Centos and RH. I think RH knows this very well, they just can't say so out loud. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list lpi-examdev@lpi.org http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
