On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:11:52 -0700, g <geleem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Francesco Principe wrote: >> I use scientificlinux also. >> Is a good distribution. > > for scientific work or because it is 'enterprise' and stable? > Scientific Linux is Redhat Enterprise Linux repackaged with modest additions they see as valuable to their projects. Scan their web pages to see the difference. The interesting additions mostly involve scientific computational libraries and also some filesystem stuff that makes sense for a global networked project like Cern.... Closer to Redhat Enterprise Linux is CentOS. When comparing the two it is hard to find differences beyond the likes of "up2date", copyright icons and logos. Sadly many users of CentOS do not understand the degree to which they are getting a free ride on RH's work. If you are developing a product for internal use or sale to the world, work and test with RHEL (redhat) directly where you can. This gives you a 'tested' environment to recommend for your customers. Since RHEL is not 'free' you may find that budgets limit RHEL to only a percentage of your site. If your project has a long development time frame then Fedora may give you a better view of the future. For example new compiler releases (GCC) will show up on Fedora first. -- Nifty Hat Mitch T o m M i t c h e l l -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
