Re: barbut anyone?

Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:16:03 +1300
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.new-zealand.general
Organization Green Gecko Global Ltd.
Message-ID <1321427763.687.814.camel@steve-desktop>
On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 19:43 +1300, Clark Mills wrote:
> On 16/11/11 19:41, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> > On Wed 16 Nov 2011 18:05:24 NZDT +1300, Clark Mills wrote:
> >
> >>      http://www.scientificlinux.org/
> > Oh my goodness. I installed that once on request for someone (it didn't
> > last long). It's made for a specific purpose: desktop with science
> > software. It was woefully out of date and doesn't have the maintenance
> > power of more mainstream choices. Security is probably not a priority
> > for most of its users. If you're looking for something to make a server
> > with, keep looking.
> >
> > Volker
> >
> 
> Hi Volker.
> 
> How long ago did you install it?  I haven't installed it yet but looking 
> at their site they seem up to date (at a glance at least...).
> 
> Cheers...  Clark
> 

The problem with this is that it is a *superset* of RedHat. An absolute
irrelevance I know, but it'll be enough for third party providers to
suck their teeth and refuse to honour guarantees. Which is something
they couldn't really do with CentOS.

For a server, I look no further than debian by choice.

Cheers,

Steve
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