Re: FC vs CentOS (or equiv)
From: Ivan Marsh (annoyed_at_you.now)
Date: 09/26/05
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:56:26 -0500
On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:39:47 -0400, General Schvantzkoph wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:48:55 -0500, Ivan Marsh wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:45:44 -0400, Daniel Ganek wrote:
>>
>>> P Ruetz wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have been trying to put Linux on my new Dell 9100. Redhat 9 did
>>>> not work because of the USB only keyboard and mouse (or maybe I could
>>>> get it to work if I were clever enough). FC 4 worked with the
>>>> keyboard/mouse but not the network card. CentOS 4.1 worked much more
>>>> smoothly. Everything seems to work on the first pass without kernel
>>>> rebuilding.
>>>>
>>>> So my question is: Should I even bother with FC in the future or
>>>> just stick with one of the Redhat clones (e.g. CentOS)?
>>>>
>>>> I use Linux occasionally to build my software for Linux and Solaris
>>>> (with a cross compiler). It is probably pretty obvious that I am no
>>>> Linux expert, but can generally "scrape by" with some help.
>>>
>>> Stick with CentOS - it's very stable; especially since you're doing
>>> real work(tm)
>>>
>>> FC is RH's bleed edge stuff - Great for experimenting but not for real
>>> work.
>>
>> I'm running FC on several production servers with no issues so I'm
>> don't think I can agree with that statement.
>
> I'm using FC3 and FC4 on half a dozen machines without problems. There
> are more packages available for Fedora then there are for RHEL systems
> (although the FC packages will generally work on the similar RHEL
> systems) so Fedora is a better choice for a knowledgeable end user.
> However Fedora is always a moving target because it's a development
> platform. When a new FC is released it's going to be crap, that's
> guaranteed.
Like I said... that hasn't been my experience.
-- "Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed." Benjamin Franklin (I didn't know he was a Buddhist)
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