On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 16:20 -0400, Stanley Brinkerhoff wrote: > > I'm curious how this will play out -- a lot of managed hosts > use CentOS > as a default option as it's free and they have staff on board > who can > administer and support it; if the option goes away, I wonder > what free > OS with LTS cycles will be used? Debian is a very different > beast than > RHEL... > > > My vote is for Ubuntu. RPM's always made me queasy. > Oooh, them's fightin' words!
If I'm not mistaken, RPMs and .debs share a very similar internal file structure. I know that RPMs are actually just CPIO archives with a text header - are .deb files the same? In any case, I share your concern but in reverse: .debs drive me insane and RPMs rock. I can roll an RPM from source with my bare hands! With one tied behind my back even! So there. :P Re: CentOS, my strong suspicion is that the missing person will stand up long enough to hand over the reins, and CentOS will carry on just as it is. That is unless RedHat took him hostage in a plot to take over the... no, lose market share... or, um, well, nevermind... :) Rubin > Stan > -- Rubin Bennett rbTechnologies, LLC 80 Carleton Boulevard East Montpelier, VT 05651 (802)223-4448 http://thatitguy.com "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)
