Hello Once Again: Another learning experience question - it is my understanding that CentOS essentially IS RedHat but with any commercial connection removed. That being said, is there any difference in the included, or quality of packages between the two distros? I've got some basic issues with a critical server I'm about to set up, and if I cannot get beyond said issues, I may opt to try CentOS. Seeing that CentOS is free (can't call RedHat for support), I'm wondering if I should try and make the case for CentOS over RedHat. Once the choice is made, it may be next to impossible to revert to the other version (RH vs CentOS). Thanks for your insights. Scott
On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 16:31 -0400, Scott Ehrlich wrote:> Another learning experience question - it is my understanding that CentOS > essentially IS RedHat but with any commercial connection removed. That > being said, is there any difference in the included, or quality of > packages between the two distros? > > I've got some basic issues with a critical server I'm about to set up, and > if I cannot get beyond said issues, I may opt to try CentOS. Seeing that > CentOS is free (can't call RedHat for support), I'm wondering if I should > try and make the case for CentOS over RedHat. Once the choice is made, it > may be next to impossible to revert to the other version (RH vs CentOS).CentOS aims to be 100% binary compatible with the upstream product. Additional or changed packages are included in the extras or plus repositories. E.g. CentOS plus provides a modified kernel with more options enabled, and extras the heartbeat clustering software. -- Daniel
> I've got some basic issues with a critical server I'm about to set up, > and if I cannot get beyond said issues, I may opt to try CentOS. Seeing > that CentOS is free (can't call RedHat for support), I'm wondering if I > should try and make the case for CentOS over RedHat. Once the choice is > made, it may be next to impossible to revert to the other version (RH vs > CentOS). >Hi Scott, If you explain the "basic issues" you are having we might be able to help you out. I have installed Oracle 10g and Veritas Netbackup on CentOS servers with no problem at all. I've been 100% happy with how things have worked. If this really is a critical server, I would suggest going with the vendor supported distribution. Running an (untested to you) distribution that you are not completely familiar with (on a critical server) is a recipe for disaster. Shawn
On 05 August 2007, Scott Ehrlich <scott at MIT.EDU> wrote:> I would have no problems doing it by hand, too, but when I use a > system-supplied option, I expect it to work, particularly > out-of-the-box, > and this simple tool breaks right after it is put to use. Makes me > wonder why, and what else might be breaking.Watch out, if you ever use FC then! During my very brief fling with FC6, I found that system-config-display did not update xorg11.config (that's not the correct file name), as it claimed to be doing. As you know, it is always best to either use the GUI tools or do it by hand. Not good to mix the two methods. My impression from reading this ML is that you will find CentOS performs for you just as well as RHEL would and probably you will get better support, on this ML, than you would from RH for RHEL, unless you are in the super customer group at RH.