Galen Seitz wrote:
>> In the thread on CentOS someone indicated that the OS is as close to a free
>> version of RHEL5 as one can get. My question is, do you have to do anything
>> special with CentOS to get software that only installs on RHEL5 to install
>> on CentOS?
>
> Not in my experience. For example, I use electronic design tools from
> Altera and Xilinx. These tools are only officially supported under
> RHEL, but they work fine under CentOS.
>
> I sometimes describe CentOS as RHEL with the serial numbers filed off.
We've just installed an application at work that "requires" RHEL.
The vendor rep who visited had CentOS VMWare images that he used for training
and demos of the software. The custom install script also will accept CentOS
when examining /etc/redhat_release
When is RHEL required? When support checks for it while examining the system
in the course of a support call. I am told if they find CentOS rather than
RHEL they will refuse to provide support.
The "serial numbers filed off" description is apt.
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Michael Rasmussen
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