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Old 07-18-2007, 11:50 AM   #1
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So many versions !


Hi guys

I have to say im very new to servers and linux and this post will probably show this lol, I have a current server which runs linux but am thinking of switching to another server which runs somthing called cent OS Enterprise linux version 4, what exactly is this is this just another version of linux ? is it not as good as other version/ not as compatable ?

Is it likely to be differnt to my previous server which just ran linux ?

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Old 07-18-2007, 12:01 PM   #2
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To be honest, there are probably more similarities between the various flavors of Linux than there are differences. For example, the new version you're looking at, CentOS is an almost exact copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Because most of the software is covered by open source licenses (frequently the GPL, but not always), the CentOS group can take the RHEL (which Red Hat charges for) and after stripping out Red Hat logos and copyrighted material, distribute it.

So if you're already familiar with a different distribution of Linux, you'll probably get the hang of CentOS in fairly short order.
 
Old 07-18-2007, 12:41 PM   #3
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Thanks for the info

Hi there

I have just discovered my other server ran red hat enterprise linux so that helps me a lot knowing its very similar, i didnt want to get another server and be lumbered with a version of linux that wasnt very good, so thanks very much for the info.

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