Re: FC vs CentOS (or equiv)

From: Daniel Ganek (ganek_at_comcast.net)
Date: 09/28/05 

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:49:33 -0400

Ivan Marsh wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:39:09 -0400, Daniel Ganek wrote:
>
>
>>Ivan Marsh wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>>
>>It all comes down to how you define "real work" I'm in the medical
>>applications business and must not only answer to our customers but also
>>the FDA. There's no way we could validate FC for ourselves as
>>development systems or for our customers. In this field you pick a
>>system and stick with it for as long as possible; i.e. many years.
>>(We're finally phasing out HP-UX 10.20!)
>>
>>We attempted to use RH7.3 but quickly realized after 1 year that we
>>couldn't support new HW. As SW development engineers we can't waste time
>>messing around with this month's release of FC. The OS is just a
>>commodity - no different than a keyboard, monitor or hard drive. It
>>better work out-of-the-box. We switched to RHEL3 and will stick with it
>>for a few years; i.e. until RH stops supporting what we need - probably
>>RHEL5 or 6.
>
>
> Yea... you've got the FAA... I've got the FCC.
>
> ...and like I said, I've experienced none of these issues.
>

I don't want to get into a pissing contest but I doubt that the FCC is as strict
as the FDA (Federal Drug Admin)

I have no doubt that FC would work for us and our customers but the paper work
and lack of support wouldn't be worth it; i.e. see my comment about 7.3

/dan

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