[wellylug] Enterprise Linux

[Jason White]

Hi Neil,

I have been using both CentOS and Scientific Linux - both are essentially
RHEL with the logos etc stripped out. I have heard SL described as "RHEL
with the bugs fixed" or something along those lines, whereas CentOS aims to
be 100% RHEL-compatible (not that SL isn't, mind you...).

If I were to choose, I'd go with SL - the CERN backing gives it a little
more credibility, and the CentOS devs come across as a bit
petty/territorial on the occasions I've been browsing their forums. But
that's totally subjective - they are both essentially RHEL at their core,
neither is a bad choice (CentOS does have the advantage of a larger
user-base, I believe).

Having done RHCSA, I am naturally a big fan of the RHEL clones, though now
that it has been a few years since 6 was released they are starting to show
their age (due to RHEL locking in major versions of packages and only
really doing bug/security fixes - another reason I quite like it,
actually). The beta for RHEL7 has finally been released so hopefully we'll
see CentOS & SL 7 later next year.

I haven't had any experience with the Oracle clone.

Hope this helps :)


Kind Regards,
Jase


On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Neil Ramsay <neil.ramsay at agentnoel.geek.nz
> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> At work, along with Active Directory authentication, we are talking about
> moving towards standardising our Linux flavours.
>
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is an obvious choice for paid support, but
> we are also looking at a free options.
> Since we want to be able to certify our engineers, a RHEL derivative is
> desirable. We have been looking at CentOS and Oracle Enterprise Linux.
>
> So, my question to the list; do you use a RHEL derivative, and why do you
> use it?
>
> Cheers,
> Neil
>
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