Re: Tips on switching to Oracle Unbreakable Linux
Michael Mansour wrote: ... I'm confused as to what you're asking. If you'd like to pay someone for supporting your Linux distribution, then maybe SL have a donation system? No. We do not have a donation and/or payment system for Scientific Linux. We have no plans for implementing a donation and/or payment system for Scientific Linux. Troy -- __ Troy Dawson daw...@fnal.gov (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/LSCS/CSI/USS Group __
Re: Tips on switching to Oracle Unbreakable Linux
Hi Chris, I'm running Oracle App Server on my SL boxes. I started out with RedHat, then decided I didn't really get anything out of RetHat support so go with SL. Now I'm thinking for a couple hundred bucks a year I will go with the minimal support level of Oracle Unbreakable Linux. That way I can turn on the regular updates and just let them automatically apply. I'd like to know if you guys see any flaws to this plan, and if you think I am looking at a complete reinstall or what. Thanks for your help over the years with SL. I'm confused as to what you're asking. If you'd like to pay someone for supporting your Linux distribution, then maybe SL have a donation system? I honestly don't understand what criteria you're trying to meet, are you just more comfortable with paying for something that getting something for free? Michael. Chris Howard --- End of Original Message ---
RE: Tips on switching to Oracle Unbreakable Linux
--- original message -- I'm confused as to what you're asking. If you'd like to pay someone for supporting your Linux distribution, then maybe SL have a donation system? I honestly don't understand what criteria you're trying to meet, are you just more comfortable with paying for something that getting something for free? Michael. Chris Howard --- Right now I run yum periodically, then sweat bullets if there are any kernel updates, or just don't run yum.I would rather have someone to yell at if an automatic update breaks things. In theory I could put oracle on a spare box and test it right? Wrong, because licensing for another app server box is many thousands of dollars. The cheapest OUL subscription is something like $200/year and I think that will just let me slurp from their update stream which is all I really want anyway. I've been happy with not doing updates very often. But now I have some (microsoft type) people asking me why I don't have a regular pattern of updates to apply. The best answer is, Because my system actually works. But that is inconvenient in the given circumstances.
