Alternatively, you can still get a free infinity-day trial of Debian at http://www.debian.org.
----- Original message ----- > I use F13 at work (desktop) and currently run RHEL 5.5 client on my > personal laptop (X61 Thinkpad). If you ask me, Centos is a waste of time > as it will always lag behind RHEL by 4 to 24 hours since their developers > have to wait until a src.rpm is available from RH to create a final > product very similar to RHEL. > > Thomas, you can still get a free 30-day unsupported subscription from > > http://www.redhat.com/rhel/details/eval/ > > or > > https://www.redhat.com/wapps/store/allProducts.html > > > Sekidde > > > On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 09:30:28AM -0400, sanga collins wrote: > > I use both RHEL and Centos extensively. Apart from the branding > > (logos, and Os descriptions) they are EXACTLY THE SAME. Centos 5.xx > > and RHEL 5.xx and beyond run parallel as far as updated packages and > > security patches. Even installing packages like directory server is > > just a matter of changing the name to match the distro. for example > > yum insatall redhat-ds is equivalent to yum install centos-ds > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > > > BTW Centos is far more stable than fedora and can be used for > > production boxes while fedora is a better desktop/testing distro. > > > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Chris Wilson > > <[email protected]<chris%[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Kyle, > > > > > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Kyle Spencer wrote: > > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > I find RPMs much easier to build than debs. This is important > > > because both CentOS and Debian, being very stable, are also pretty > > > old, and I often need to update a particular package to a newer > > > version by building a custom rpm. Source RPMs usually just build out > > > of the box, Debian dpkgs usually don't, for me. Also I have a hell > > > of a time working out how to modify debian packages, but I find RPMs > > > easy. > > > > > > Disabling services on Debian without uninstalling them is painful, > > > but checkconfig on Redhat-based systems makes it easy. > > > > > > Debian and Ubuntu stubbornly refuse to ship the perfectly good > > > initscript for loading a saved iptables firewall configuration, > > > which means that I have to hack together something on every Debian > > > box to give it a firewall. > > > > > > On the other hand I do quite like Debian's Apt, and I install the > > > Apt-RPM port on pretty much every CentOS box that I administer. > > > > > > 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). 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