[ale] Question on Current Red Hat Update Policies

[Dow Hurst]

I agree with Bob on recommending SuSE.  I've never had a box get screwed 
up by updates from SuSE but have with RHEL.  Also, there is white box 
linux that is RHEL without the Redhat proprietary stuff.  Then you can 
install apt and use dag's repository and kde-redhat to update.  If your 
project requires "quality support" at a high level, then I'd compensate 
for the lessened code review on FC3 by using test server and client 
boxes to apply updates before rolling out to production.  I've been 
using my own workstation as a test box for updates from RedHat just in 
case of a problem(it's a Dell RHEL3 box).  I have more confidence in 
SuSE than in Redhat for quality patching.  It may be that Redhat tries 
to support more bleeding edge hardware and SuSE waits around for the 
next major release for that, I don't know.  I haven't forgotten the 
glibc update that hosed my box last year.  I was lucky to get it working 
without losing the filesystem and never want to repeat that scenario.
Dow


Bob Toxen wrote:

>It appears that Fedora does not do the QC and Regression Testing that
>"commercial" Distros do and so some consider it unsuitable for Production
>environments.
>
>I recommend Slackware, Mandrake, or SuSE to my clients, depending on
>requirements.
>
>Bob Toxen
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>On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 01:08:15PM -0500, Jerald Sheets wrote:
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>>Yes.
>>
>>RHEL is a commercial project, with licenses and the whole software company
>>thing.
>>
>>FC is a "bleeding edge" project, with the latest and greatest (and
>>unstablest....is that a word?)  stuff in it.  You *can*, however, do regular
>>updates through apt-rpm and yum.
>>
>>I'm using FC2 & 3 in production, becase if it came down to it, I could
>>update what I have to whatever version I want...no troubles.
>>
>>Jerald M. Sheets jr.
>>Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
>>(404) 293-8762
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Greg
>>Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 11:16 AM
>>To: ALE
>>Subject: [ale] Question on Current Red Hat Update Policies
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>>I abandoned RH for my home use when they let go of the home user market and
>>now I am faced with having to use them for a project.  I have downloaded
>>RHEL 3 and Fedora Core 3 and was wondering if one needs to buy a
>>subscription to update RHEL or not.  I was also wondering what (if any)
>>differences there are between RHEL and FC besides the official RH company
>>support for RHEL.
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>Greg
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