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I don't know how bad it is, however I use Ubuntu on my desktop daily for free and I appreciate that, I don't see Redhat provides that though(ever since Redhat d

by ausjke 11y ago

I don't know how bad it is, however I use Ubuntu on my desktop daily for free and I appreciate that, I don't see Redhat provides that though(ever since Redhat dumped Desktop users after Redhat 8/9 release many years back).

lmz 11y ago
Fedora? Any of the RHEL recompiles?
- derekp7 11y ago
  Fedora would be great if they did periodic LTS releases -- and it wouldn't really take much effort, as they sort of do this now by basing a given version of RHEL off a given Fedora release. So the work that goes into keeping RHEL 7 up to date could be applied to Fedora 19 without too much hassle.
  - tP5n 11y ago
    huh? Isn't that what CentOS is meant for, more or less?
    - derekp7 11y ago
      Fedora tends to have a lot more available for it then RHEL/CentOS. However adding EPEL to CentOS does help a bit though.
- justinclift 11y ago
  derekp7: Sounds like the CentOS desktop/workstation builds would be more your kind of thing?
justinclift 11y ago
Hmmmm, there is Fedora, which is Red Hat's kind of equivalent, and also CentOS. Guessing you're already aware of those and they don't work as well for you?
slgeorge 11y ago
It's really a matter of priorities. When RH started 'server' was the focus and became the revenue generator. Workstation was the area they expanded into, in my opinion. When Ubuntu started the focus was on the 'desktop' (meaning general users). And Cloud became the big server-side change that drove growth - meaning developer-centric technologies and cloud delivery. For those reasons, both companies / communities tend to have a different DNA.