[lug] Redhat Enterprise Linux

[Joseph McDonald]

Yea, I'd pay (a little) for an apt repository for my boxen
rather than having to keep track of updates myself. 
 

On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 12:27:44PM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote:
> Joseph McDonald wrote:
> 
> >>If you want a free OS to last several years on a stable server and have
> >>someone else do the packaging of the security/bug/errata fixes to the
> >>software installed, I believe it is time to switch to a new distro.  If
> >>you don't mind following the security releases, taking the redhat srpms,
> >>patching them yourself, rebuilding them, etc., then you can continue to
> >>use Redhat or Suse or any other "consumer" versioned distro.
> > 
> > 
> > I wonder if using APT (http://apt.freshrpms.net/) and doing dist-upgrades
> > would keep a system current. Does anyone know how packaging works behind
> > the scenes at freshrpms.net?
> 
> That's one of the pluses and minuses of Debian... the update process for 
> both the distribution itself and the security patches is well-documented 
> and open for review.
> 
> I assume freshrpms has some sort of QA process on their stuff too, but 
> don't know.
> 
> The idea of KRUD getting new life from RH's change of direction is 
> appealing.
> 
> We've all been wondering about this stuff a bit lately at our shop, and 
> being able to say there's a locally-produced RH variant with updates 
> available that doesn't cost more than the entire company's IT budget for 
> licensing will certainly be another useful option to look at for our 
> systems.  Especially considering others at the office appear a little 
> afraid of Debian/SuSE as alternatives.
> 
> In reality, it's all about the kernel... the rest is just details.  ;-)
> 
> -- 
> Nate Duehr, nate at natetech.com
> 
> "A mind is like a parachute--you should open it only in certain
> very specific life-threatening situations." - Frank Willison
> 
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