On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 21:24 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 22:56 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > So what would be the down side to just walking away from everything > > RH-related now that Ubuntu has a free alternative with long term > > support? I thought perhaps when I mentioned it earlier there would be > > a flurry of responses pointing out functional deficiencies but so far > > there have been none. I would never have started using RH in the early > > days if it had not been freely redistributable. Now the clones are > > better than nothing, but it still seems wrong. > ---- > There's nothing inherently wrong with Ubuntu as far as I can tell and > yes, some versions do have long term support and you can purchase > support from Canonical. But you've been around long enough to know all > this so I'm not sure what point you are trying to make because each > Linux distribution has its own strengths and weaknesses and that > includes RHEL (CentOS) and Ubuntu, etc. > > Craig This is just my 2 cents worth. The reason I run Cent OS is because it just seems to be rock solid stable. That's something I haven't seen in any of the other distros, or MS Windows. My computers are my lifeline to my jobs. I get my assignments by way of my computer, and I report my completed assignments on my computer. It's bad enough to have to deal with hardware failures from time to time, so the last thing I want to deal with on top of that is a finicky OS or software. I run Cent OS on both of my laptops, and all three of my desktops, and I can power any one of those machines up, and so far Cent OS has never failed me. Cent OS just works. That's what matters to me. Just my 2 cents Jim > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos