Steve Bergman wrote:
> I'm trying to come to a decision between CentOS 4.2 and Fedora Core 4
> for use on a server. One of the things the server will be serving is
> X desktops so there are some advantages to Fedora.
>
> However, one thing I can't help but notice is that the patch volume
> for FC4 from Oct 11 2005 thru the present compared to CentOS 4.2 for
> the same period is about 5 times greater. In fact, since June, there
> are 899 RPMs in the FC4 updates directory for FC4 which seems
> absolutely insane.
>
> CentOS is a smaller distro, but not that much smaller. Also, I
> understand that CentOS's parent distro (from a prominent North
> American Linux Distributor) is supposed to be better tested before
> release than Fedora. But still, there must be some other factor to
> explain the disparity. Like CentOS only releasing a patch for
> security problems and not bug fixes or something like that.
>
> Could someone enlighten me?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Bergman
CentOS is server class stable although conservative. Fedora is bleeding
edge and acts as a testbed for what sometimes winds up in CentOS. If you
bleed a lot.. you need to get patched up a lot. I think what you have
just researched proves why many of us run CentOS instead of Fedora...
reliability.. and not getting burned or cut by the latest release of a
package which has not been tested in a real world environment.
Best,
John Hinton
