<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Hi Neil,<br><br></div>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...).<br>
<br></div>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).<br>
<br></div><div>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.<br>
</div><div><br></div>I haven't had any experience with the Oracle clone.<br><br></div>Hope this helps :)<br><br><br></div>Kind Regards,<br>Jase<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Neil Ramsay <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neil.ramsay@agentnoel.geek.nz" target="_blank">neil.ramsay@agentnoel.geek.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi guys,<br>
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At work, along with Active Directory authentication, we are talking about moving towards standardising our Linux flavours.<br>
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is an obvious choice for paid support, but we are also looking at a free options.<br>
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.<br>
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So, my question to the list; do you use a RHEL derivative, and why do you use it?<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Neil<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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