Interesting pointers for move from RHEL -> Debian
We interrupt the regular ramblings on this blog_service to bring to you two mails from the ilugc mailing list about why an institute lab made a move from RHEL to Debian. Original reference is here.
A collection of jottings on various issues that excite no one else
We interrupt the regular ramblings on this blog_service to bring to you two mails from the ilugc mailing list about why an institute lab made a move from RHEL to Debian. Original reference is here.
The “why” is essentially personal preference of the current admin (”The task of doing this revamp was given to me. And i like debian
”), I don’t see how this is interesting in any way to us.
Those points are also dubious:
> 1. It is not controlled by any company
is not necessarily an advantage.
> 2. Superior design (Ex: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives)
We also have “alternatives” in Fedora and it also made its way to current versions of RHEL.
> 3. Stability (Ex: Used on the space shuttle mission STS-83)
NASA also uses RHEL and even Fedora, RHEL is also used in places like NYSE.
> 4. APT
http://apt-rpm.org
But OK, you don’t get to access the RHN servers (which carry official RHEL packages) that way. So I guess when talking strictly about RHEL, that’s a valid point, but CentOS can be used with APT as the only upgrading mechanism (as can Fedora). And I guess it’s also possible to set up a local, private mirror of RHEL packages which can be used with APT-RPM.
> 5. FAI (Fully Automatic Installation)
Kickstart
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Kevin Kofler
5 Jul 08 at 8:24 am