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- <li><em>date</em>: Sun Dec 19 21:39:31 2004</li>
- <li><em>from</em>: hbbs at comcast.net (Jeff Hubbs)</li>
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Jeff
On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 21:12, Dow Hurst wrote:
> I agree with Bob on recommending SuSE. I've never had a box get screwed
> up by updates from SuSE but have with RHEL. Also, there is white box
> linux that is RHEL without the Redhat proprietary stuff. Then you can
> install apt and use dag's repository and kde-redhat to update. If your
> project requires "quality support" at a high level, then I'd compensate
> for the lessened code review on FC3 by using test server and client
> boxes to apply updates before rolling out to production. I've been
> using my own workstation as a test box for updates from RedHat just in
> case of a problem(it's a Dell RHEL3 box). I have more confidence in
> SuSE than in Redhat for quality patching. It may be that Redhat tries
> to support more bleeding edge hardware and SuSE waits around for the
> next major release for that, I don't know. I haven't forgotten the
> glibc update that hosed my box last year. I was lucky to get it working
> without losing the filesystem and never want to repeat that scenario.
> Dow
>
>
> Bob Toxen wrote:
>
> >It appears that Fedora does not do the QC and Regression Testing that
> >"commercial" Distros do and so some consider it unsuitable for Production
> >environments.
> >
> >I recommend Slackware, Mandrake, or SuSE to my clients, depending on
> >requirements.
> >
> >Bob Toxen
> >bob at verysecurelinux.com [Please use for email to me]
> ><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.verysecurelinux.com";>http://www.verysecurelinux.com</a> [Network&Linux/Unix security consulting]
> ><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.realworldlinuxsecurity.com";>http://www.realworldlinuxsecurity.com</a> [My book:"Real World Linux Security 2/e"]
> >Quality Linux & UNIX security and SysAdmin & software consulting since 1990.
> >
> >"Microsoft: Unsafe at any clock speed!"
> > -- Bob Toxen 10/03/2002
> >
> >On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 01:08:15PM -0500, Jerald Sheets wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Yes.
> >>
> >>RHEL is a commercial project, with licenses and the whole software company
> >>thing.
> >>
> >>FC is a "bleeding edge" project, with the latest and greatest (and
> >>unstablest....is that a word?) stuff in it. You *can*, however, do regular
> >>updates through apt-rpm and yum.
> >>
> >>I'm using FC2 & 3 in production, becase if it came down to it, I could
> >>update what I have to whatever version I want...no troubles.
> >>
> >>Jerald M. Sheets jr.
> >>Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
> >>(404) 293-8762
> >>**********
> >>
> >>
> >>>su -
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Password:
> >># cat /dev/flood > /dev/earth
> >># rdev noah+beasts
> >># dd if=noah+beasts of=/dev/earth
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org] On Behalf Of Greg
> >>Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 11:16 AM
> >>To: ALE
> >>Subject: [ale] Question on Current Red Hat Update Policies
> >>
> >>I abandoned RH for my home use when they let go of the home user market and
> >>now I am faced with having to use them for a project. I have downloaded
> >>RHEL 3 and Fedora Core 3 and was wondering if one needs to buy a
> >>subscription to update RHEL or not. I was also wondering what (if any)
> >>differences there are between RHEL and FC besides the official RH company
> >>support for RHEL.
> >>
> >>TIA,
> >>
> >>Greg
> >>
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