hi... new to centos, but i have a few questions... i understand that centos is a derivative of rhel, created from the exact/underluing source files used to create rhel. if this is the case, is it possible to get the actual source SRPMS for either RHEL, or for CentOS? I used to see the source files on the redaht system, but I don't seem to see them anymore... i'm curious to know what's better, using CentOS, or the latest fedora FC version... thanks -bruce bedouglas at earthlink.net
Hi, On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 14:45 -0700, bruce wrote:> i understand that centos is a derivative of rhel, created from the > exact/underluing source files used to create rhel. if this is the case, is > it possible to get the actual source SRPMS for either RHEL, or for CentOS?The CentOS source RPMs are available from the CentOS mirrors. The RHEL source RPMs are also mirrored by various sites around the world, for instance: ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/RedHat/ftp/redhat/linux/enterprise/> i'm curious to know what's better, using CentOS, or the latest fedora FC > version...It kinda depends on what you want. The following page describes the differences between RHEL and Fedora: http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/whichlinux/ Fedora has short release cycles, and more cutting edge software as a result. Many people run Fedora on desktop machines, and CentOS or RHEL on their server. I personally like CentOS on the desktop too, because it is stable and not on a constant move. -- Daniel
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 14:45 -0700, bruce wrote:> hi... > > new to centos, but i have a few questions... > > i understand that centos is a derivative of rhel, created from the > exact/underluing source files used to create rhel.CentOS is not in any way associated with, affiliated with, or supported by Red Hat, Inc. CentOS is built from open source SRPMS. Here is where we get the RPMS that we build: http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/ and http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/enterprise/> if this is the case, is > it possible to get the actual source SRPMS for either RHEL, or for CentOS? >See the above links for the upstream SRPMS that we use and for CentOS SRPMS (the ones we actually build from ... we first remake the and resign the point of origin SRPMS {change the ones that are required}): http://mirror.centos.org/centos/ (we have several Repositories ... each one has an SRPMS directory) http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/Readme.txt> I used to see the source files on the redaht system, but I don't seem to see > them anymore... > > i'm curious to know what's better, using CentOS, or the latest fedora FC > version... >That depends on what you want (enterprise software or latest/greatest), see this article: http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/65/CentOS_4.2.pdf> thanks > > -bruce > bedouglas at earthlink.netThanks, Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060610/c94accb9/attachment-0002.sig>
On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 02:45:39PM -0700, bruce enlightened us:> new to centos, but i have a few questions... > > i understand that centos is a derivative of rhel, created from the > exact/underluing source files used to create rhel. if this is the case, is > it possible to get the actual source SRPMS for either RHEL, or for CentOS? > > I used to see the source files on the redaht system, but I don't seem to see > them anymore... >Correct, the only changes are what are necessary for legal purposes, or on occasion to make things build correctly. These should be clearly marked with "centos" in the package release, the exception being the kernel packages. Source RPMs are available for RedHat from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/ and CentOS SRPMS are available from http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/> i'm curious to know what's better, using CentOS, or the latest fedora FC > version... >Depends on what you want. CentOS is much more tested and stable. The disadvantage is that most things are more-or-less "frozen" (with security and bug fixes backported) at certain versions where Fedora often gets the latest and greatest. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263
johhny.... thanks, for the info!! just what i was loking for! another question. is the latest version of CentOS pretty much the same as the latest version of RHEL? also, does CentoS have the ability to be downloaded using Bittorrent? thanks -bruce -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org]On Behalf Of Johnny Hughes Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 3:03 PM To: CentOS ML Subject: Re: [CentOS] rhel source rpms On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 14:45 -0700, bruce wrote:> hi... > > new to centos, but i have a few questions... > > i understand that centos is a derivative of rhel, created from the > exact/underluing source files used to create rhel.CentOS is not in any way associated with, affiliated with, or supported by Red Hat, Inc. CentOS is built from open source SRPMS. Here is where we get the RPMS that we build: http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/ and http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/enterprise/> if this is the case, is > it possible to get the actual source SRPMS for either RHEL, or for CentOS? >See the above links for the upstream SRPMS that we use and for CentOS SRPMS (the ones we actually build from ... we first remake the and resign the point of origin SRPMS {change the ones that are required}): http://mirror.centos.org/centos/ (we have several Repositories ... each one has an SRPMS directory) http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/Readme.txt> I used to see the source files on the redaht system, but I don't seem tosee> them anymore... > > i'm curious to know what's better, using CentOS, or the latest fedora FC > version... >That depends on what you want (enterprise software or latest/greatest), see this article: http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/65/CentOS_4.2.pdf> thanks > > -bruce > bedouglas at earthlink.netThanks, Johnny Hughes