[ale] Linux from Scratch (wuz: "Fedora grousing")
Beddingfield, Allen
allen at ua.edu
Wed Oct 23 11:50:49 EDT 2013
Much better to just check into ISV for RHEL and SLES. Let them deal with testing patches, etc...
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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama
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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of JD [jdp at algoloma.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 10:45 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Linux from Scratch (wuz: "Fedora grousing")
On 10/23/2013 11:08 AM, leam hall wrote:
> One of the questions I have been pondering over time is how to move back to a
> custom, unified OS and application stack. I know there will be lots of problems
> and hard work, but would it provide more value (newer kernel, best security
> practices, updated app software) than cost?
It depends, but probably not.
I've worked at many places with highly customized software - extremely expensive
to maintain, manage, deploy.
You may be able to build your own distro in a less expensive way, especially if
you don't expect to be paid.
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