[TriLUG] FC2/3 on Dell PE 650/750 instead of RHEL 3.x

[David A. Cafaro]

WBEL does have "up2date" like features.  Actually I had my server set to
automatically check for updates at night and install them.  I had to
turn this off as I've gotten to the point of having more and more custom
rpms for special features I wanted that were not supported in the stock
rhel/wbel distro.  As for security updates, WBEL has been doing a very
good job as far as I can tell of keeping on top of things.  They
certainly aren't as quick as a paid subscription to one of RedHat's
versions, but what do you expect for free?  I would say I can get
updates almost as fast as Fedora Core updates if you take into account
how busy the FC update servers get when a new batch of patches come out.

-David

On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 09:36, Turnpike Man wrote:
> I still hold concerns for distros such as WBEL and CentOS as to whether the
> updates will be available as quickly as necessary.  Also, are there "up2date"
> like features that will let me know when something needs to be updated?  Manual
> updates do not appeal to me in the least.
> 
> David M.
> 
> --- Jeremy Portzer <jeremyp at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> > David,
> > 
> > Sorry for the slow reply, but for best compatibility and long-term
> > management, I highly recommend you install the "CentOS" clone of RHEL
> > instead of FCx.  This way, you won't have to upgrade every 6 mos. or so
> > when a new version of Fedora Core comes out, and you'll be using the
> > same tested code base of RHEL.
> > 
> > See http://www.centos.org/
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Jeremy
> > 
> > On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 14:13, Turnpike Man wrote:
> > > I was curious... I am about to purchase a Dell 750 1U, just released a
> > couple
> > > weeks ago replacing the 650 model.  I don't want to pay the cost of RHEL
> > just
> > > to run a webserver on good hardware.  Is anyone aware of any potential
> > issues
> > > or is anyone running FCx on a Dell PE 650/750 and how is it going for you?
> > > 
> > > thanks,
> > > David M.

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