Comments on: Interesting pointers for move from RHEL -> Debian http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/07/05/interesting-pointers-for-move-from-rhel-debian/ A collection of jottings on various issues that excite no one else Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:52:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin Kofler http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/07/05/interesting-pointers-for-move-from-rhel-debian/comment-page-1/#comment-59959 Kevin Kofler Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:24:36 +0000 http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/07/05/interesting-pointers-for-move-from-rhel-debian/#comment-59959 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 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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