On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 04:56:03AM +0200, Ehab Heikal wrote: > Fedora is experimental, you do not want the latest and coolest > software on your server, you need the most stable. This is what CENTOS > and RHEL give you older more stable software like good wine. The main > difference between an enterprise grade system and just plain old > software is that you get the bug fixes for the old software for a long > time. Thus the stability. > > CENTOS is close to perfect, the main problem is that there are many > customizations to the RH kernel over the plain vannilla kernel.org > kernel that vserver does not compile for RH kernels, how much of that > will affect you if you run a plain kernel on a RH disti, well that is > more or less unknown you always run the risk of getting an arcane > error that happens only to you.
care to elaborate which kernel they use? I mean the one it is similar too ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul S. > Gumerman > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 8:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Vserver] CentOs distribution > > My thoughts exactly! I'll be doing a test install today, then > patching a kernel for drbd + linux-vserver. > Daniel S. Reichenbach wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This may be somewhat off-topic, but why is it that people like centos > which seems to me like REL without support. Since support is what REL is > all about, wouldn't it be better to go with FC3 (soon 4) rather than a > bunch of outdated software that comprises EL? > > What am I missing? > > > Fedora Core is updating packages way to fast. While I believe it is > fine for personal use to always have the latest version of a package, > in business it seems more appropriate to have a working version and > only upgrade for security reasons or bug fixes - which is what also > differs RHEL from FC - and upgrade to newer versions only if it has > significant benefits to offer. > > I have tried to use Fedora Core for business projects, but this is > not a Good Thing(tm). Since I am using FC since its first release, I > have noticed, they release packages breaking backward compatibility > or even the complete system at least every fourth month. While the > rate has lowered, it still is to high for professional use I'd say. > > IMHO for business projects you need systems where you can say they > will run for two or three years without flaws. This is what RHEL > offers with support and CentOS without support. > > With kind regards, > Daniel S. Reichenbach > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Vserver mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [2]http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver > _______________________________________________ > Vserver mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [email protected] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
