Enterprise Linux

Mike stuff at dustsmoke.com
Wed Sep 20 11:23:49 MST 2006


I use Debian, but I think RHEL, CentOS, SLES or Slack are all good for
enterprise installations.

-Mike



> Where I work, we run CentOS, which is RedHat EL 4, but free.
>
> In an enterprise environment, I favor stability as well as 'common'.
> Most program's I've seen written for Linux, both opensource or
> otherwise, tend to have RPM's, and if not, have it in their
> compatibility lists mentioned "redhat".  RHEL RPM's will work with
> CentOS as well, so there's little difference, other than the cost:
> nothing vs an arm & a leg.
>
> http://www.centos.org/
>
>
> -hth,
>
>   Tony Evans
>
>
>
> Mike Garfias wrote:
>> I use EL4 at work.  70+ machines.
>>
>> Not by choice mind you.  I'd rather run Debian.
>>
>> Derek Neighbors spoke forth with the blessed manuscript:
>>> On Sep 20, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Nathan England wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm interested in an Enterprise roundup, what distro you use in an
>>>> enterprise
>>>> environment and what it is you like about it.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not intending to start a flame war, but I'm looking into a new EL.
>>> Ubuntu because it is Debian goodness with a regular release schedule.
>>> In a nutshell, it sucks less than the other distros.  : )
>>>
>>> --
>>> Derek
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