Stability, if that's the word (was Re: How fouled-up can you get??)

[ad+lists at uni-x.org (Alexander Dalloz)]

Am Fr, den 24.06.2005 schrieb beartooth um 19:02:

> I'm on this list because I'm getting near the end of my rope after a good
> dozen installs, upgrades, and re-installs just since Fedora first came
> out. It changes too fast for me -- in fine and admirable ways, but I can't
> keep up. I'll install FC4 when the installation media get here, and that
> may be it.

Yes, if you are not the enthusiastic Linux user, requesting to have
always the latest, biggest, most promising software version -
[b]le[a,e]ding edge - then CentOS is certainly the better OS for you.

> So, getting back to the real topic, I'm especially interested in matters
> of stability, if that's the term of art: CentOS is basically a clone of
> RHEL without the price nor the phone support -- right? I ran boughten RH,
> and had RHN all those years, and never picked up a phone. RedHat's
> updates, and help from online, kept it on an even keel.