beartooth wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:31:35 -0400, Lamar Owen wrote:
So, getting back to the real topic, I'm especially interested in matters of stability, if that's the term of art: CentOS is basically a clone of RHEL without the price nor the phone support -- right?
To me, yes. I run mail filtering servers (MailScanner) based on CentOS, a web development/backup/multi-purpose server, and a production php/mysql web app server with CentOS and they're doing great. I had same stability with Tao Linux before, but I switched to CentOS a while ago.
I ran boughten RH, and had RHN all those years, and never picked up a phone. RedHat's updates, and help from online, kept it on an even keel.
Gretchenfrage : is it looking like an electronically ignorant old retired fart will be able to install CentOS, set each machine to do nightly yum update, and go back to doing what he does, maybe for a year or two at a time? The learning curve at least ought to be minimal, for a RedHat refugee ...
You'd still need to check what updates are installed and fix problems, but it is a good, over-simplified summary.