Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 13.13.16.2]
on November 14, 2007 04:24 PM
> all [CentOS] does is recompile what comes out of RedHat
Well, it depends on what you WANT. If you're talking about building an enterprise server, and you have third party applications that are only certified to run on RedHat, but don't have wads of cash to spend on support, then you go with CentOS. The point is that it *IS* the same as RedHat. I'd never run it on my desktop because I want all the latest and greatest there. On the other hand, I'd expect to get fired on the spot if I tried to run a business critical server on Fedora. Do you want guaranteed stability, or new features? You can't have both.
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CentOS? What's the Point?
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 13.13.16.2] on November 14, 2007 04:24 PMWell, it depends on what you WANT. If you're talking about building an enterprise server, and you have third party applications that are only certified to run on RedHat, but don't have wads of cash to spend on support, then you go with CentOS. The point is that it *IS* the same as RedHat. I'd never run it on my desktop because I want all the latest and greatest there. On the other hand, I'd expect to get fired on the spot if I tried to run a business critical server on Fedora. Do you want guaranteed stability, or new features? You can't have both.
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