[WBEL-users] Conclusions for WB Linux

[Syv Ritch]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:13:06 -0800, Benjamin Smith wrote:
> I've been researching WB Linux for most of today. I discovered
> this just yesterday, and have been searching for an answer to
> the dillema posed by Red Hat: A) Pay too much or B) upgrade
> everything every year
>
> I'm now running WB Linux in a VMWare session, testing it, and
> reading thru the mailing list.
>
> Here's what I've concluded, let me know if I'm wrong:
>
> 1) This is the answer I've been looking for! It's just like RH
> 9, only with security updates! Hoo ya! I love you all! Thank
> you Beauregard Parish Public Library!
>
> 2) There's a real problem with mirrors being dull reflections.
> On my first 3 attempts to update with yum on a freshly
> installed respin1 install, I got "nothing to do". So, to use
> this effectively, I'll be doing an rsync of the central repo
> and then running my own yum repository for my 15-ish servers.
> (They always seem to be somewhat in flux!) Is there a better
> way to go?
>
> 3) There seems to be a fairly active community around WB
> Linux. I wonder when/if it actually forks?  (a la Mandrake)
> Will it eventually get folded back into RedHat like Fedora?
>
> -Ben

Alternative 2 Free:

Centos: Caosity.org or Tao Linux 

Alternative 3 Paying:

Lineox, commercial support, significantly cheaper the RH.

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