Posted on 06/18/2018 7:07:48 AM PDT by ShadowAce
At work, we upgraded old customized Arch servers to CentOS last year. To tell you the truth, I like both of them and they both did/do the jobs for which we we set them up.
Have Ubuntu, Raspbian and CentOS machines at home. Variety is the spice of life.
> LOL! The article is wrong on that. Fedora is Red Hat's test bed. It is very far out front of RHEL.
That mistake surprised me as well. They said the same "clone of" about CentOS, which is actually true in that case.
Fedora is a clone of RedHat like a Ferrari is a clone of a Dodge Dart. They're both cars, and they're more alike than either one is like, say, a bag of carrots...
You are still here!?
I’m still doing Reid stuff. It may heat up again because of Spygate.
“Kinda strange there’s no mention of CentOS. If one is going for the RedHat family, Fedora is the leading (if not bleeding) edge distro. But if one wants RedHat’s legendary stability, and doesn’t want to pay the premium for RHEL, CentOS is RHEL with free community support.”
Hi Dayglored!
The intro did mention that Fedora and Ubuntu were among the leading “desktop” distributions. RHEL and CentOS are definitely more server oriented. As a developer I prefer to use an Ubuntu based distro and then deploy to RHEL/CentOS.
CentOS is indeed a great option if you want to set up a RHEL environment without paying the Red Hat tax. It’s also great for learning about RHEL, although there’s now also a free option through RH for developers/students. (It’s also worth noting that if you pay the nominal charges for an AWS EC2 server, Amazon offers RHEL as an option included at no extra charge.)
Side note: the RH certification program is an excellent way to become an IT professional without necessarily having a degree. Companies are paying top dollar for Linux admins these days...
Yes, it is, but it can be quite difficult to pass the certification exam.
“Yes, it is, but it can be quite difficult to pass the certification exam.”
True, which is exactly why they’re highly regarded by employers.
They require the candidate to actually perform (sometimes quite complex) tasks in order to pass, rather than just answering questions.
Mike Rowe would approve! ;-)
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