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Re: [PLUG] Re: distro choice
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thanks tom
what's the current stable version of fedora core?
versions appear to develop quick.
do you have a rule of thumb about how long you wait (or what you look for)
before implementing the latest version?
ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Diehl" <tdiehl@rogueind.com>
To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List"
<plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:26 PM
Subject: [PLUG] Re: distro choice
> On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, morgan wrote:
>
> > Ron,
> >
> > I see a lot of Redhat Enterprise Linux in the industry. Fedora Core is
> > close, but it might be worth at least explaining the differences to your
> > students if installing REL isn't an option.
>
> If you want EL but do not want to spring for the rhn subscriptions
> look at centos (http://centos.org/) . Centos is a rebuild of RHEL. They
even
> track Red Hat quarterly updates and have a very active mailing list.
>
>
> > I do see some Debian, Ubuntu and Gentoo around a lot but not
> > commercially installed.
>
> +1
>
> Most of the jobs I have looked at in the past were based on Red Hat
> something. I think SuSe is making some inroads into the enterprise arena
> but from here Red Hat still dominates.
>
> HTH,
>
> Tom Diehl tdiehl@rogueind.com Spamtrap address mtd123@rogueind.com
>
> >
> > -morgan
> >
> >
> >
> > Ronald Kaye Jr wrote:
> > > Suppose you were teaching a linux class to networking students.
> > >
> > > you want to give your students exposure to 4 or 5 at most
> > > distros. job marketability and installed base are of primary
importance.
> > >
> > > 1) what criteria would you use to make this decision?
> > >
> > > 2) what would your current choices be ( i will start with fedora core
> > > and suse)
> > >
> > > 3) is there central location for a list of distros and hardware
> > > requirements?
> > > (we may want to look into distros for our old, hardware challenged
> > > equipment,
> > > like my old ibm p2 200-400 MHz PCs)
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance for your insights.
> > >
> > > Ron Kaye
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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