[RndTbl] Red Hat v. CentOS
Gilles Detillieux
grdetil at scrc.umanitoba.ca
Thu May 22 15:16:02 CDT 2008
On 21/05/2008 9:24 PM, Kevin McGregor wrote:
> If I'm not mistaken, Red Hat just announced Enterprise Linux 5.2. How
> long might it be before we can expect to see the equivalent CentOS
> release? And does CentOS provide all of the features of RHEL "Advanced
> Platform"?
According to the CentOS FAQ, they build from the "upstream" source RPMs
for the AS version, and they strive to be as close as possible to the
upstream (i.e. no changes to the source RPMs). They try to get
individual update RPMs up within 72 hours, and update sets within 2 weeks.
http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=31
http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=11
http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=7
I haven't seen where they announce these new releases, though, so I
think you pretty much need to periodically check the mirror sites for
updates.
Now, according to Red Hat's announcements, the AS & ES versions have
merged into Advanced Platform for RHEL 5, so I'd expect that's what
CentOS went with for the source RPMs. So, likely you get all the
features except Red Hat's support (and the associated cost). It would
be nice if CentOS updated their FAQ, though, as the last entry is almost
2 years old now.
Myself, I use Scientific Linux, which does make a few changes/additions
to Red Hat's source RPMs. They were a bit slow to release 5.1
(mid-January), so I don't expect to see 5.2 from them for a little while
still.
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Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <grdetil at scrc.umanitoba.ca>
Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada)
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