[WBEL-users] Yum missing packages for WBEL4?

[Johnny Hughes]

On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 11:06 +0100, Jon Essen-Moller wrote:
> Thats true.
> 
> Did you say it was not free?
> 
> Best regards - Jon
> Jon Essen-Möller
> +46 8 708 793333
> 
> 
Ubuntu is FREE :)

I was talking about RHEL as compared to the free EL clones (with the
free comment)

Ubuntu wants in on the Enterprise market ... so it is releasing a Ubuntu
server branch.  It will be competing then with the WBEL/Tao/CentOS
distributions. (That is, free and enterprise).
 
> Johnny Hughes said the following on 2005-11-23 14:21: 
> > On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 13:54 +0100, Jon wrote:
> >   
> > > Ok, but ubuntu is the first distribution where I used the OS' GUI and it 
> > > worked without problem (for adding and removing). I have removed and 
> > > added servers and programs extensively to test and I only got one 
> > > problem so far. It really works. I'm not saying that other linux distros 
> > > don't. I've been using Linux for 8 years.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the tip though.
> > > 
> > > Best Regards - Jon
> > > 
> > >     
> > That is well and good ... but current versions of ubuntu are not really
> > enterprise level.  That is said to be changing with the ubuntu server
> > releases.
> > 
> > Enterprise level means you don't have to upgrade to a new version every
> > 6 months .... and you can expect security updates for 5-7 years.
> > 
> > ubuntu is a good product for what it does (as is debian stable or gentoo
> > for that matter) ... but it is not an RPM based Enterprise solution ...
> > like RHEL or a free one like CentOS/WBEL/Tao/Scientific.
> > 
> >   
> > > Karanbir Singh said the following on 2005-11-23 13:05:
> > >     
> > > > Jon wrote:
> > > >       
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I've used WBEL4 for some time and its very good. I have now on some 
> > > > > boxes installed UbuntuLinux and what impresses me is that you only 
> > > > > need one cd to install it and the rest is downloaded from the 
> > > > > Internet. Maybe you can download it and dd it to the hdd.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Maybe this is not what you want but it's an idea
> > > > > 
> > > > >         
> > > > With RHEL/Whitebox/CentOS You could always just use the boot.iso ( < 8 
> > > > MB ) and boot the machine with that - then install over-the-wire, with 
> > > > only required components being downloaded.
> > > > 
> > > > Or if you so want - get the ServerCD adaption of CentOS - and you get 
> > > > a minimum install out of a single CD.
> > > > 
> > > >       
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