I know this is the CentOS list. However, as there has been some interest in CentOS 6.0 (RHEL 6), I thought I'd share the news here.
Scientific Linux 6 is based on RHEL 6 with add-ons for scientific computing.
FWIW, the Admin tools etc. are pretty much the same as in RHEL, so are the base packages.
Read more at http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/6x/60/
-- Arun Khan
On 03/04/2011 01:33 PM, Arun Khan wrote:
I know this is the CentOS list. However, as there has been some interest in CentOS 6.0 (RHEL 6), I thought I'd share the news here.
Scientific Linux 6 is based on RHEL 6 with add-ons for scientific computing.
FWIW, the Admin tools etc. are pretty much the same as in RHEL, so are the base packages.
Read more at http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/6x/60/
And?? Why do you want to start a new flame??
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:35 AM, carlopmart carlopmart@gmail.com wrote:
On 03/04/2011 01:33 PM, Arun Khan wrote:
I know this is the CentOS list. However, as there has been some interest in CentOS 6.0 (RHEL 6), I thought I'd share the news here.
Scientific Linux 6 is based on RHEL 6 with add-ons for scientific computing.
FWIW, the Admin tools etc. are pretty much the same as in RHEL, so are the base packages.
Read more at http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/6x/60/
And?? Why do you want to start a new flame??
Now, now, be nice. It's nice to know if another open source knowledge has achieved a goal. It also provides an early testing platform for people who want to run some behavior comparisons. For example, the format of the "kickstart" file has changed in RHEL 6, and yum no longer installs both i386 and x86_64 components by default. It's a lot easier to get a handle on such changes if you can test them out early, even if CentOS 6 isn't available yet.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia nkadel@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:35 AM, carlopmart carlopmart@gmail.com wrote:
And?? Why do you want to start a new flame??
That was certainly not the intent. Pls. see below.
Now, now, be nice. It's nice to know if another open source knowledge has achieved a goal. It also provides an early testing platform for people who want to run some behavior comparisons. For example, the format of the "kickstart" file has changed in RHEL 6, and yum no longer installs both i386 and x86_64 components by default. It's a lot easier to get a handle on such changes if you can test them out early, even if CentOS 6 isn't available yet.
Posted here for the motivations cited above and for those interested in getting an early start.
I don't have access to a RHEL subscription. I use CentOS. I am going to use SL 6 to learn what is going to be new in CentOS 6.
-- Arun Khan
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 07:44:46AM -0500, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
Now, now, be nice. It's nice to know if another open source knowledge has achieved a goal. It also provides an early testing platform for people who want to run some behavior comparisons. For example, the format of the "kickstart" file has changed in RHEL 6, and yum no longer installs both i386 and x86_64 components by default. It's a lot easier to get a handle on such changes if you can test them out early, even if CentOS 6 isn't available yet.
You've been able to do such testing for ever and a day; RHEL 6 has a 30-day trial available for free.
John
Anyway, this was an information by the OP and by itself ok, although I guess everybody already knew it. But please try to refrain from making it another longwinding thread. Not aimed at anyone particular, you are just the last in the thread I have here. Thanks :-)
Kai
On 03/04/2011 07:35 AM, carlopmart wrote:
On 03/04/2011 01:33 PM, Arun Khan wrote:
I know this is the CentOS list. However, as there has been some interest in CentOS 6.0 (RHEL 6), I thought I'd share the news here.
Scientific Linux 6 is based on RHEL 6 with add-ons for scientific computing.
FWIW, the Admin tools etc. are pretty much the same as in RHEL, so are the base packages.
Read more at http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/6x/60/
And?? Why do you want to start a new flame??
Pointing out the advancement of a similar product is legit, in my mind.
We all need to relax. :)
On 04/03/11 16:59, Digimer wrote:
On 03/04/2011 07:35 AM, carlopmart wrote:
On 03/04/2011 01:33 PM, Arun Khan wrote:
I know this is the CentOS list. However, as there has been some interest in CentOS 6.0 (RHEL 6), I thought I'd share the news here.
Scientific Linux 6 is based on RHEL 6 with add-ons for scientific computing.
FWIW, the Admin tools etc. are pretty much the same as in RHEL, so are the base packages.
Read more at http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/6x/60/
And?? Why do you want to start a new flame??
Pointing out the advancement of a similar product is legit, in my mind.
We all need to relax. :)
+1
kind regards,
David Sommerseth
David Sommerseth wrote:
On 04/03/11 16:59, Digimer wrote:
On 03/04/2011 07:35 AM, carlopmart wrote:
On 03/04/2011 01:33 PM, Arun Khan wrote:
I know this is the CentOS list. However, as there has been some interest in CentOS 6.0 (RHEL 6), I thought I'd share the news here.
Scientific Linux 6 is based on RHEL 6 with add-ons for scientific computing.
<snip>
Read more at http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/6x/60/
And?? Why do you want to start a new flame??
Pointing out the advancement of a similar product is legit, in my mind.
We all need to relax. :)
Actually, given that they're performing the same task as the CentOS team, and IMO the CentOS team is as good as the SL team, I take that to indicate that CentOS 6 is fairly close.
mark, *not* looking forward to a major upgrade of all these machines
On 03/04/2011 12:40 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
mark, *not* looking forward to a major upgrade of all thesemachines
Heh, neither am I. 5.5 is trucking along just fine on many though, so I don't expect to actually rebuild many. I'll probably roll out new machines as CentOS 6 once I finish some internal testing, then just slowly start migrating services to them and rebuilding old ones as needed.
I'm in no particular rush to move off of 5.x, but I am quite interested in seeing how smoothly I can add CentOS 6 machines to a cluster, migrate VMs to those nodes and then phase out the RL5 nodes. Should be fun! :D
On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 18:03 +0530, Arun Khan wrote:
Scientific Linux 6 is based on RHEL 6 with add-ons for scientific computing.
FWIW, the Admin tools etc. are pretty much the same as in RHEL, so are the base packages.
Just wondering how much of SL and C are interchangeable within the same version.
Paul.
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