Scientific Linux

[Ben Browning]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 3:34 PM, R P Herrold <herrold at owlriver.com> wrote:

> It and CentOS are almost indistinguishable to a sysadmin who i not a
> distribution builder; the remaining principal of the distribution is: Connie
> Sieh, who is a friend.  the other long time member recently went to work at
> Red Hat

My understanding is that it's a limited release cycle to aid in
stability from a development point of view. If the patch cycle is as
quick as Cent/RHEL, it may be prod-ready. But saying "It's
indistinguishable from CentOS" just makes me think "Why not just use
CentOS then?" If it lacks any compelling, distinguishing feature , I
don't know why I wouldn't use the ubiquitous, widely supported option.

~Ben