Chris, I have never used CentOS, but am a die-hard Debian fan specifically because of its proven stability, security, and ease of management.
What does CentOS offer that would make me choose it over Debian? Regards, Kyle ----- Original message ----- > Hi all, > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Niles Collins wrote: > > > Fedora is the up stream distro for red hat. There is more cutting edge > > code in fedora so it can be less stable. > > I would go further and say that Fedora is the testing ground for new > software for Red Hat, so it's about alpha quality. They always use the > latest versions of everything, and whatever doesn't generate too many > complaints makes it into the next release of RHEL. > > Fedora forces you to upgrade every six months by releasing a new version > and dropping security updates for older versions. I got so annoyed with > this (and being an unpaid alpha tester) that I stopped using it around > FC6. > > > The difference between them is > > similar to the difference between ubuntu and debian. > > I think it's more like the difference between Ubuntu six-monthly > releases and LTS releases. > > > In your case i would look at centos. It is a non branded version of > > red hat. In other words it is red hat with the copy righted logos and > > such removed. > > I would recommend CentOS to anyone who doesn't have budget for RHEL. I > much prefer it over Ubuntu and Debian for stability and ease of > management. > > Cheers, Chris. > -- > Aptivate | http://www.aptivate.org | Phone: +44 1223 760887 > The Humanitarian Centre, Fenner's, Gresham Road, Cambridge CB1 2ES > > Aptivate is a not-for-profit company registered in England and Wales > with company number 04980791. > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
