[clue-tech] CentOS

[Greg Knaddison]

On 10/27/05, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 4. In addition, CentOS fixes a few problems that they find, and they
> offer a non-standard kernel that includes options that Red Hat has
> declined to include in its own kernel.

Generally speaking the changes that they make are only where they have
to do them, not where they can "make improvements."

I know that in the case of the browsers (Firefox and Mozilla, not sure
on the KDE/Gnome browsers) that they add in the CACert certificate.  I
disagree with that decision, but whatever.

The list of packages they have added/modified in the ISO files is here:
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html

Once you have a system running, you can modify your yum.conf files and
point them at the various related repositories.  They do provide many
files in "centos extras" and "centos plus" and such which definitely
are "improvements" to the original redhat.

These are explained here: http://centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=33

But those "improvements" are not in the base distribution ISO files.

>
> 5. CentOS is being used already for hundreds (if not thousands) of
> servers as well as desktops. I've used it for nearly a year with no
> complaints.
>

It is many many thousands of computers.  I'd almost believe tens of
thousands.  Lots of  places use it for server farms.  I bet we'd come
up with a hundred centos boxes here in denver if we did a count.

> 6. CentOS has a very responsive Email list. There are a lot of really
> competent folks on the list.
>

Definitely agreed.

> 7. After its exit from the retail desktop market, Red Hat has
> concentrated on selling support licenses. With CentOS, you can't get
> support from Red Hat, but there is lots of support available from the
> CentOS team and the CentOS community.
>
> Enjoy your CentOS and worry less.

Definitely agreed.  But instead of "worry less" I would say "worry
less and re-read the GPL."

Greg
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