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I shifted from CentOS to Scientific Linux...

Story: This week at LWN: CentOS turbulence and enterprise Linux tradeoffsTotal Replies: 1
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caitlyn

Aug 17, 2009
12:44 AM EDT 		I shifted from CentOS to Scientific Linux for two reasons:

1. SL has been consistently faster with security updates. What Mr. Corbet's article did not cover was the very long (2-3 month) delays that happened earlier this year. The numbers in his article are better and I hope CentOS is well on its way to resolving the issue.

2. SL is developed through the auspices of major research labs and universities. It is not a volunteer project. I think that makes it a bit easier for me to sell and gives business owners (and me) a bit more of a sense of security after what happened with CentOS in recent weeks.

Issue #1 is the more important of the two.

So far I am satisfied with SL. I certainly wish the CentOS people all the success in the world.

I also have great respect for Dag Wieers. Without his packaging efforts RHEL/CentOS/SL would require more work on my part :)
jdixon

Aug 17, 2009
2:32 PM EDT 		> Issue #1 is the more important of the two.

Absolutely. And a valid reason for switching in and of itself.

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