[lug] Centos 5 RHEL 5 yum / rpm and driver compatibility

[karl horlen]

> Correctamundo. 99% of everything on CentOS is
> exactly equivalent to
> RHEL, the differences being:
> 
> 1. The RH proprietary artwork, etc., as you
> mentioned.
> 2. Occasional fixes developed by CentOS where RH is
> lagging behind.
> 3. Optional kernel with features (xfs filesystem,
> for example) not
> offered by RHEL.
> 4. Other community developed packages in a separate
> respository.
> 5. Upgraded packages such as PHP when a new version
> becomes available
> that RHEL will never support until the next release
> boundary.

basically you are saying that CentOS is a superset of
RH.  which means as hugh stated that unless dell added
an extra driver of it's own, a CentOS install should
work on the identical hardware at install time.  In
fact, since CentOS is a superset, it should actually
provide more functionality than stock RHEL that ships
with the Dell.

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