"....Right next to the Gentoo stand was a group of young people, proudly displaying their affiliation with CentOS. Dag Wieers, the well-known maintainer of a once very popular RPM repository, greeted me with a big smile: "Do you know CentOS?" When I introduced myself, he looked somewhat disappointed: "Oh, so you know CentOS..." Still, we found a lot to talk about. "Yes, CentOS is often considered a server operating system," explained Dag, "but we are trying to change that. In fact, the latest release has many up-to-date desktop packages and we also have an extra repository with many application and drivers that are not officially part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)." He asserted: "CentOS can be a perfect system for those who need long-term stability and who don't want to take frequent and potentially risky upgrade paths." ...."
A quick look at http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=centos shows that a great majority of the packages are not even close to being "up-to-date", and that is a good thing for those us of who care more about stability than eyecandy.
From the comment "...latest release has many up-to-date
desktop packages and we also have an extra repository with many application and drivers that are not officially part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)..." is is safe to assume that future releases of Centos will remain a "built from publicly available open source SRPMS provided by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policies and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork).", AND all additional non-PNAELV packages will remain in the extra repository???
thanks bn
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Bogdan Nicolescubo2k2@yahoo.com wrote:
"....Right next to the Gentoo stand was a group of young people, proudly displaying their affiliation with CentOS. Dag Wieers, the well-known maintainer of a once very popular RPM repository, greeted me with a big smile: "Do you know CentOS?" When I introduced myself, he looked somewhat disappointed: "Oh, so you know CentOS..." Still, we found a lot to talk about. "Yes, CentOS is often considered a server operating system," explained Dag, "but we are trying to change that. In fact, the latest release has many up-to-date desktop packages and we also have an extra repository with many application and drivers that are not officially part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)." He asserted: "CentOS can be a perfect system for those who need long-term stability and who don't want to take frequent and potentially risky upgrade paths." ...."
A serious doubt has been raised about the credibility of that story. Did the reporter indeed meet Dag at the CentOS booth? Or was it at a nearby pub?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/3679382429_d535f79823_o.jpg (info offered by NedSlider)
Akemi
Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Bogdan Nicolescubo2k2@yahoo.com wrote:
"....Right next to the Gentoo stand was a group of young people, proudly displaying their affiliation with CentOS. Dag Wieers, the well-known maintainer of a once very popular RPM repository, greeted me with a big smile: "Do you know CentOS?" When I introduced myself, he looked somewhat disappointed: "Oh, so you know CentOS..." Still, we found a lot to talk about. "Yes, CentOS is often considered a server operating system," explained Dag, "but we are trying to change that. In fact, the latest release has many up-to-date desktop packages and we also have an extra repository with many application and drivers that are not officially part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)." He asserted: "CentOS can be a perfect system for those who need long-term stability and who don't want to take frequent and potentially risky upgrade paths." ...."
A serious doubt has been raised about the credibility of that story. Did the reporter indeed meet Dag at the CentOS booth? Or was it at a nearby pub?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/3679382429_d535f79823_o.jpg (info offered by NedSlider)
Akemi
hehe :)
I can't take credit though - I first saw Wolfy link it.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Akemi Yagiamyagi@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Bogdan Nicolescubo2k2@yahoo.com wrote:
"....Right next to the Gentoo stand was a group of young people, proudly displaying their affiliation with CentOS. Dag Wieers, the well-known maintainer of a once very popular RPM repository, greeted me with a big smile: "Do you know CentOS?" When I introduced myself, he looked somewhat disappointed: "Oh, so you know CentOS..." Still, we found a lot to talk about. "Yes, CentOS is often considered a server operating system," explained Dag, "but we are trying to change that. In fact, the latest release has many up-to-date desktop packages and we also have an extra repository with many application and drivers that are not officially part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)." He asserted: "CentOS can be a perfect system for those who need long-term stability and who don't want to take frequent and potentially risky upgrade paths." ...."
A serious doubt has been raised about the credibility of that story. Did the reporter indeed meet Dag at the CentOS booth? Or was it at a nearby pub?
Hahah. I was there when they where talking and I can confirm that it was at the booth and everyone was sober.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/3679382429_d535f79823_o.jpg (info offered by NedSlider)
Have a look at the time the photo was taken. The booth only opened at 10 and the photo was taken before. Maybe subscribe to the promo list where this was discussed. Funny that such accusations are coming out of the community.
Cheers Didi
Didi wrote:
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Akemi Yagiamyagi@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Bogdan Nicolescubo2k2@yahoo.com wrote:
"....Right next to the Gentoo stand was a group of young people, proudly displaying their affiliation with CentOS. Dag Wieers, the well-known maintainer of a once very popular RPM repository, greeted me with a big smile: "Do you know CentOS?" When I introduced myself, he looked somewhat disappointed: "Oh, so you know CentOS..." Still, we found a lot to talk about. "Yes, CentOS is often considered a server operating system," explained Dag, "but we are trying to change that. In fact, the latest release has many up-to-date desktop packages and we also have an extra repository with many application and drivers that are not officially part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)." He asserted: "CentOS can be a perfect system for those who need long-term stability and who don't want to take frequent and potentially risky upgrade paths." ...."
A serious doubt has been raised about the credibility of that story. Did the reporter indeed meet Dag at the CentOS booth? Or was it at a nearby pub?
Hahah. I was there when they where talking and I can confirm that it was at the booth and everyone was sober.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/3679382429_d535f79823_o.jpg (info offered by NedSlider)
Have a look at the time the photo was taken. The booth only opened at 10 and the photo was taken before. Maybe subscribe to the promo list where this was discussed. Funny that such accusations are coming out of the community.
Cheers Didi
Hi Didi,
I believe it was said as a joke and posted here to somewhat lighten the tone of this thread :)
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 6:39 AM, Ned Sliderned@unixmail.co.uk wrote:
Didi wrote:
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Akemi Yagiamyagi@gmail.com wrote:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/3679382429_d535f79823_o.jpg (info offered by NedSlider)
Have a look at the time the photo was taken. The booth only opened at 10 and the photo was taken before. Maybe subscribe to the promo list where this was discussed. Funny that such accusations are coming out of the community.
Cheers Didi
Hi Didi,
I believe it was said as a joke and posted here to somewhat lighten the tone of this thread :)
It was indeed my humble effort. But this thread made such a wrong turn that jokes do not seem to work / help as intended. :-(
Oh well.
Akemi
Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 6:39 AM, Ned Sliderned@unixmail.co.uk wrote:
Didi wrote:
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Akemi Yagiamyagi@gmail.com wrote:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/3679382429_d535f79823_o.jpg (info offered by NedSlider)
Have a look at the time the photo was taken. The booth only opened at 10 and the photo was taken before. Maybe subscribe to the promo list where this was discussed. Funny that such accusations are coming out of the community.
Cheers Didi
Hi Didi,
I believe it was said as a joke and posted here to somewhat lighten the tone of this thread :)
It was indeed my humble effort. But this thread made such a wrong turn that jokes do not seem to work / help as intended. :-(
Oh well.
don't worry Akemi, I'm sure most people understood it as a joke - it certainly pulled a smile from me ;-)
and I wouldn't try to lighten this thread, just let it die: trolls should be left to howl by themselves...
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Akemi Yagiamyagi@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 6:39 AM, Ned Sliderned@unixmail.co.uk wrote:
Didi wrote:
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Akemi Yagiamyagi@gmail.com wrote:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/3679382429_d535f79823_o.jpg (info offered by NedSlider)
Have a look at the time the photo was taken. The booth only opened at 10 and the photo was taken before. Maybe subscribe to the promo list where this was discussed. Funny that such accusations are coming out of the community.
Cheers Didi
Hi Didi,
I believe it was said as a joke and posted here to somewhat lighten the tone of this thread :)
It was indeed my humble effort. But this thread made such a wrong turn that jokes do not seem to work / help as intended. :-(
Hey, I am sorry. I have just already received personal comments on this and I automatically assumed this was a continuation of these. And reading the threads the tone is becoming more and more insulting. I just didn't think someone would be funny. Sad in a way where the list is going. But rereading it now, I should have noticed. I assume it was just my personal bias. But nice effort :)
Cheers Didi
Oh well.
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