On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 09:19 -0800, Scott Silva wrote: > Steve Bergman spake the following on 1/27/2006 12:18 AM: > > I'm trying to come to a decision between CentOS 4.2 and Fedora Core 4 > > for use on a server. One of the things the server will be serving is X > > desktops so there are some advantages to Fedora. > > > > However, one thing I can't help but notice is that the patch volume for > > FC4 from Oct 11 2005 thru the present compared to CentOS 4.2 for the > > same period is about 5 times greater. In fact, since June, there are > > 899 RPMs in the FC4 updates directory for FC4 which seems absolutely > > insane. > > > > CentOS is a smaller distro, but not that much smaller. Also, I > > understand that CentOS's parent distro (from a prominent North American > > Linux Distributor) is supposed to be better tested before release than > > Fedora. But still, there must be some other factor to explain the > > disparity. Like CentOS only releasing a patch for security problems and > > not bug fixes or something like that. > > > > Could someone enlighten me? > > > > Thanks, > > Steve Bergman > Think of Fedora as a giant public beta test, and the Enterprise versions as > the result. ---- that's a bit simplistic. In some cases, that is true, in many cases, it is not true. Fedora is a much richer Desktop experience which may be what is desired. I use Fedora for desktop and RHEL/CentOS for server. There are different need/expectations. Craig