Bryan Murdock wrote: > I can kind of see where you RHEL defenders are coming from for servers > (kind of), but try RHEL Workstation, where you do want extra packages > like git or a more recent python and it is teh suX0rz. I say kind of > for servers because you might want to run subversion 1.5 because it > finally does merges somewhat correctly, or set up django, or ruby on > rails, and wo be unto you if so. You start to wonder really quickly > what it is you are paying for.
Well if you're developing with different versions of python, ruby, or php on your workstation than your server, then wo be unto you. It's a trade-off. The last thing I want is my developers using the latest Ubuntu 9.09 desktop packages in making apps to run on a server that will be in production for 3-5 years on 8.04, unless it was like Ubuntu 10.04 and I was planning to roll out 10.04 for the next server cycle. It is cool to use the latest and greatest tools, but frankly this rapid development of all things Linux is a huge hindrance to Linux adoption. It's a hard one to find a balanced solution for, in a corporate environment. I've hit the svn problem a few times. Fortunately, as it's a common need, Dag's repository covers that one pretty well. In fact, Dag addresses almost all of the RHEL needs you've expressed. I install his stuff on all my CentOS 5 workstations. I don't think most people pay for RHEL on the desktop, and probably we won't see RH producing WS in the future. > Ubuntu, even up through the latest 9.10 has been very good to me. True enough, but you pay a price for the latest packages. You'll have to upgrade your distro (yes it's just a apt-get dist-upgrade) every 6 months. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
