On Aug 9, 2011, at 1:40 PM, Mike Copeland wrote: >> I mentioned that I was using Fedora 14 a few weeks back and (I think) >> Ted mentioned that CentOS was a much better choice. Just curious what >> the advantage to CentOS is....if the difference is succinct and >> obvious....in a nutshell. >> >> I have dabbled with Ubuntu and Debian and probably because I started >> with Redhat 6 as my first distro, Fedora just "felt" right in comparison. >> >> Is Fedora a bad choice once a particular release has stabilized? > Depends on what you're using the system for. CentOS is generally > considered a "server" distro, while Fedora is generally considered a > "desktop" distro. Of course, you can use either in both situations; that's > just the general focus of the distro. > > CentOS is the "free" version of RHEL, while Fedora is more the cutting > edge testing ground for future RedHat development. If you're more comfortable > with RedHat than Debian distros, Fedora is probably a very good choice. > > > > -- Ed Leafe Thanks Ed. This will be used only as a server. In fact, I'm setting this new system up to run multiple virtual DOS machines with Virtual Box for a remote office.
I'm going to give CentOS a try. I did an install of RHEL a couple of years ago and liked it. Mike _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
