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

[Ben Barrett]

Thanks for the clarification -- it's been a few years since I was really
into the RH distro family...
and although I've never used CentOS myself, this adds to the pile of Good
Things I've heard about it :)

ben


On 2/16/07, Garl Grigsby <badd_karma at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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