Thanks Jake, That covers it exactly. The FC6 I have is no different than what CentOS will be in a version or 2 and there is no compelling reason to move over to it.
I thought it might be something like that but you just filled in the gaps. Thanks, Phil -----Original message----- From: Jake Vickers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:28:38 -0500 To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] QMT-ISO 1.4.0 is out > Phil Leinhauser wrote: > > Seeing you updating packages to CentOS brings up a question I've been > > wondering about... > > > > I'm running QMT on Fedora 6 and everything is fine. I know the install > > instructions/scripts are essentially the same for Fed6 and CentOS. Since > > I'm pretty new to the linux world, what is the difference between Fed6 and > > CentOS? Under the covers they are the same I guess but is CentOS more > > streamlined as a server? Is it worth considering a changeover? > > > > I don't mean to start any big chocolate vs. vanilla debate. > > > > Its actually rather easy. CentOS is a clone of RHEL (RedHat Enterprise > Linux), which is all the stable packages from Fedora. Once a package is > stable and has all the bugs fixed in Fedora (usually a year or so), then > it gets moved to RHEL (and subsequently CentOS). You also get updates > longer with CentOS, since it's a mirror of RHEL. Fedora has support for > 2-3 years (if I remember right), whereas RHEL/CentOS usually keep > updating packages for 5-10 years. If a major problem arises with my FC4 > installation that I still run, I'm out of luck or have to fix it myself > since support for FC4 has ended. RHEL4/CentOS4 is supposed to have > updates until Feb 29, 2012. > Does that answer it for you? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
