--- Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only reason why RedHat and SuSE are the only > ones on the list is > that they're the only ones that HP/Compaq has > certified for use with the > system, and they're the only ones that they publish > updates for specific > drivers and other software for. The problems may > arise are related to > third-party support: e.g. if your database is Oracle > or something like > it, which isn't certified with Debian, leaving you > with no chance to get > any of the updates or patches you'll certainly need > sooner rather than > later. If you want official manufacturer-supported > driver updates, > you'll never get these for anything other than RHEL > or SLES for the > foreseeable future. If you don't care for official > manufacturer > support, and have the knowledge to download the > sources for driver > updates and build them yourself for your own system, > and don't use > finicky proprietary software for your database and > other applications, > then probably you'll do fine. >
Or you could go for other RH-based distros like WBEL. While it is not officially supported, there is a good chance that the updates HP will issue for RH would work as well in these distros. -- mike t. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
