On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 21:24 -0700, Craig White wrote:
On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 22:56 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
So what would be the down side to just walking away from everything RH-related now that Ubuntu has a free alternative with long term support? I thought perhaps when I mentioned it earlier there would be a flurry of responses pointing out functional deficiencies but so far there have been none. I would never have started using RH in the early days if it had not been freely redistributable. Now the clones are better than nothing, but it still seems wrong.
There's nothing inherently wrong with Ubuntu as far as I can tell and yes, some versions do have long term support and you can purchase support from Canonical. But you've been around long enough to know all this so I'm not sure what point you are trying to make because each Linux distribution has its own strengths and weaknesses and that includes RHEL (CentOS) and Ubuntu, etc.
Craig
This is just my 2 cents worth. The reason I run Cent OS is because it just seems to be rock solid stable. That's something I haven't seen in any of the other distros, or MS Windows. My computers are my lifeline to my jobs. I get my assignments by way of my computer, and I report my completed assignments on my computer. It's bad enough to have to deal with hardware failures from time to time, so the last thing I want to deal with on top of that is a finicky OS or software. I run Cent OS on both of my laptops, and all three of my desktops, and I can power any one of those machines up, and so far Cent OS has never failed me. Cent OS just works. That's what matters to me.
Just my 2 cents
Jim
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