[Eug-lug] Linux and Gnu --> Ready for PrimeTime vis-a-vis Laptops? 3 Perpetual Newbie questions

[Garl Grigsby]

Bob Miller wrote:
> Ben Barrett wrote:
>
>   
>> As for redhat, I don't have any disregard for the distro family, but
>> I'd suggest fedora or whitebox...  no need for RHEL unless you've
>> got a business need for it.
>> http://fedora.redhat.com/
>> http://www.whiteboxlinux.org/
>>     
> Also, Fedora is 6-12 months ahead of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL),
> so if you're looking for new hardware support, Fedora will have it
> first.
>
>   
I wouldn't recommend Whitebox. The distro seems to have stalled, or at 
least be very slow about getting updates done, and does not have much 
support anymore. CentOS is basically the same thing (rebuild of RHEL 
from Redhat sources) but has a huge and active community and a very 
active mailing list. I presonally have it on 8 or 9 servers along side 
several paid/subscribed RHEL boxes and regularly interchange RPMs 
between them without issue. Both CentOS and RHEL are rock solid stable, 
as long as you don't need the latest widget/feature/doo-dad.

Garl