[mdlug] Chaning distros

Mike lists at addictz.org
Fri Jan 5 09:52:28 EST 2007


Carl T. Miller wrote:
> Wojtak, Greg wrote:
>> My favorite distro is Red Hat. Assuming you don't want to pay for it, my
>> next choice is Gentoo.  The initial setup can be a pain, but I love the
>> flexibility the portage system gives you.
>
> Wow.  I was surprised when you wrote Gentoo.  I expected CentOS,
> which is the free clone of Red Hat Enterprise.  Have you tried
> CentOS?  I'd like to hear your impressions since you're very
> familiar with Red Hat.
>
> c
>

I've worked quite a bit with CentOS, and it definetely is a very good RHEL
replacement.

CentOS is almost exactly like RHEL, so if there is a feature you want of
RHEL, then it is probably there in CentOS.





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