--- Dave Gutteridge <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I checked out CentOS, and it looks interesting. > > One of the reasons I went to Fedora was because I > was interested in > getting a completely open source Linux OS. > Philosophically, I'm an open > source advocate, and I thought I should put my money > where my mouth was. > I Googled for "open source Linux" and Fedora came up > more than anything > else. In fact, at the time I did it a few months, I > don't recall seeing > any other options. I didn't come across Centos, and > hadn't heard of it > until it was mentioned here. > > In any case, Fedora seems to have the biggest > community, the most amount > of interest in its development, and so on. And > despite how clueless I > must seem when it comes to my understanding of > Fedora, I did read > through the web site and it didn't give me the > impression that what I > was getting into was a lot of experimentation. > For example, it says on the download page, under the > heading > "Understanding What You Are Doing": > "You are downloading an entire operating system, and > in most cases, you > are then going to install the operating system on > your computer." > I was fully mentally prepared and desiring to > install an "entire > operating system". That sounded fine. > > It does *not* say "You are downloading an > experimental cutting edge > operating system which in which each new version > will be trying out > things that are just as likely to not work and you > should be ready to > work through and solve problems..." > > I mean, maybe somewhere on the site it says > something more explicit > about the goals, but my point is that information > like that is not front > and centre. It's very easy for someone like myself > to get the > impression, as I did, that this would be a new OS in > need of tweeks, but > not that it expected me to be a hacker getting under > the hood all the time. > > I'm not upset that I got into Fedora and discovered > that it's not what I > was looking for. I'm just wondering about the > alternatives when it > comes to Open Source Linux distros. The thing about > Centos is that it's > got this really squiky way of saying how it's based > on code from "a > prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor", > which I assume is Red > Hat, but if they can't even name them, then how > close is this > assocation? I'm sorry, Centos people, but it seems > dodgy. > > In any case, last night I made a fresh > clean-and-install of Fedora 4, > just to see if I can walk a little more slowly this > time and dodge some > settings problems. I'm willing to give Fedora > another shot. But if it > drives me nuts, are there other Open Source Linux > distros beyond Centos? Sure there are. Check this page out. http://distrowatch.com/. You will see many Red Hat/Fedora Based like CentOS, WhiteBox, Tao, etc. You will see many Debian Based distros like Knoppix, Ubuntu, Kanotix, etc Mandrake/Mandriva based which was derived from Red Hat. Source based distros like Slackware, Gentoo, LFS and others. They are just a click away. You'll also see the BSD's which are also excellent but you will need to learn more to fine tune them to your taste. Kind Regards, Antonio > > Dave > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
