Scientific Linux 6 - Anyone running it on a Linode VPS?
If so, any tricks to getting it installed (or keeping it updated)?
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Centos 6.0 should be out in a couple of weeks. They will still be behind, RH has already released 6.1…..
Jeff
PS. I would also like a scientific linux option.
CentOS has really dropped the ball on this release, and their lame excuses (and the fanboys that go around apologizing for them) indicates to me that they are NOT a Enterprise class release (community or otherwise).
All of the bad press and end user reactions could have be avoided (or most of them anyways) if they would have dropped the arrogant developer bs and just be transparent about the progress and the problems they're having.
C'est la vie
Be sure to click the "next" button as well. It should be released on the 6th, barring any crazy issues found.
SL also doesn't have a 5.6 release out. CentOS asked their userbase via the mailing list/IRC channel if they wanted 5.6 first, or 6.0.. and so they shipped 5.6 first.
But, jump ship if you want..
@vonskippy:
So because it's on a calendar it's more accurate then when it was on Twitter (in January)? I would consider pretty much anything more accurate than Twitter. Twitter is a social networking tool, not press release repository.
@BarkerJr:
@vonskippy:So because it's on a calendar it's more accurate then when it was on Twitter (in January)? I would consider pretty much anything more accurate than Twitter. Twitter is a social networking tool, not press release repository.
Tell that to the Government of Canada, whose ministers (and prime minister) issue policy decisions via Twitter
@Guspaz:
Tell that to the Government of Canada, whose ministers (and prime minister) issue policy decisions via Twitter
Do they tweet them in two languages?
James
@zunzun:
Do they tweet them in two languages?
English and Bad English
Yaw you betcha!
@vonskippy:
@zunzun:Do they tweet them in two languages?
English and Bad EnglishYaw you betcha!
that's minnesotan or yooper, ya hoser.
@vonskippy:
So because it's on a calendar it's more accurate then when it was on Twitter (in January)?
http://twitter.com/#!/CentOS/status/23529648864366592
Dated Jan 7th. A few days later, Jan 12th, RHEL 5.6 was released.
Then, as mentioned, they asked their userbase which they would like first…
Just realize that SL still doesn't have a 5.6 release (which from what I can tell, is actually no where to be seen), and CentOS still doesn't have a 6.0 release (which should be released on the 6th).
Pick your poison, I guess.
@kbrantley:
Dated Jan 7th. A few days later, Jan 12th, RHEL 5.6 was released. I wonder if it was a typo, and they meant to say 5.6, not 6. There's a flaw in Twitter's design where you can't edit tweets.
James
> In November, with the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the company released its kernel package with all patches pre-applied. "In the past, we distributed the kernel as a base file and then a set of add-on patches that accompany it. Then when you did a build, the build process automatically applied all those patches to the kernel file," Stevens says. "Now, we integrate those patch files directly into that kernel. We do the first part of the build process prior to distribution."
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"The changes will make work harder for distributions such as CentOS, the community-built Linux distribution … based on Red Hat's sources," H Online said. "CentOS is built from the RHEL source by a limited number of volunteers and Red Hat's change in policy will mean more work for them unless more volunteers or other companies step in and provide them with assistance."
It may be that SL has a larger user base, and won't be impacted as much as CentOS.
@bryantrv:
It may be that SL has a larger user base, and won't be impacted as much as CentOS.
It's my understanding that's a non-issue for both CentOS and Scientific Linux since they include all of RedHat's patches anyway. It's only an issue for a derived distribution that only wants to use some of RedHat's kernel patches.
Just my 2 cents
