Ed Wilts wrote: >On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 01:31:38PM -0500, Chris St. Pierre wrote: > > >All of the "clones" are going to have some issues. > Like RH .. that's why for exemple Scientific Linux and Gralinux wait when a update is avaible from RH ... > They're not clones - > > They are "source clone", or near. >they're generally compilations of the source rpms. There have been >cases where some 3rd party software won't install > Like some HP drivers and the Oracle Application server, but I don't have other exemple (IBM tivoli+kernel driver run perfectly on gralinux) > and there have been >cases where compiler bugs have made it impossible for you to generate a >fully functional binary from the source rpm because Red Hat had not at >the time released the updated compiler. > > It's a really rare case... I'm not sure that if you compile samba with a "old" gcc from CenOS, you will have problems :) Of course, for clones, it's important to check the version of gcc when you compile the glibc or the kernel; but for non-critical programs there is no reason to check it, dont be paranoid, gcc2.96 is not used actually ;-) >In general, the rebuilds work and I run one at home for non-critical >work. At the office, all of my systems have RHEL subscriptions. > > > I switch production servers (GFS, Samba, mail) to Gralinux, and there is no problem at all. Maybe I'm lucky, maybe the "source based clone" is not a stupid idea after all :) >Do not expect a clone on CentOS, White Box Linux, or any of the others. >They're rebuilds of the source and they all have limitations. > ???? There is a "professional support" problem, that's true, but for exemple (Gralinux) you have a fully postfix version with ldap/mysql support on RHAS3 ?? no .. you need "to it by yourself" > Some may >have varying life cycles and differing delays in getting security >patches to you. > It's a question of days, like RH does. The security patchs from RH don't come 1 or 2 hours after the public annonce (see bugtraq or CVE) some of them are avaible months after the public annonce of the security problem. > Some may simply wither away and die tomorrow and leave >you scrambling. It depends on what you're comfortable with. > > .../Ed > > RH can close the door too ... I think Scientific Linux or Centos (because there is more than 1 people for these projects) are a good way: Don't be scared about them ! There is no guarantee that RH will really maintain RH enterprise for years: theys can have problems too. Regards jean-seb -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
