On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 16:31 -0400, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> Another learning experience question - it is my understanding that CentOS
> essentially IS RedHat but with any commercial connection removed. That
> being said, is there any difference in the included, or quality of
> packages between the two distros?
>
> I've got some basic issues with a critical server I'm about to set up, and
> if I cannot get beyond said issues, I may opt to try CentOS. Seeing that
> CentOS is free (can't call RedHat for support), I'm wondering if I should
> try and make the case for CentOS over RedHat. Once the choice is made, it
> may be next to impossible to revert to the other version (RH vs CentOS).
CentOS aims to be 100% binary compatible with the upstream product.
Additional or changed packages are included in the extras or plus
repositories. E.g. CentOS plus provides a modified kernel with more
options enabled, and extras the heartbeat clustering software.
-- Daniel
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