Which one is most preferred?

redhat154 · #1 21st May 2006, 12:33 PM

Hey people... I was just wondering which was a better system Fc5 or CentOS? I would appreciate as much feed back as possible. This will help me in my final install decision. Thank you ahead of time.

Mat · #2 21st May 2006, 12:42 PM

(moved to Linux Chat)

well, you're in a Fedora forum, so which answer do you expect?

use Fedora, if you want bleeding edge!

Mat

MAnix · #3 21st May 2006, 01:15 PM

fedora, i hear....might be cos of where you at?? Fedora Forum!!

seriously i think fedora is more developed and centOS is good but i still prefer my FC5 distro to be fair.

jtang613 · #4 21st May 2006, 01:37 PM

CentOS is basically a free, rebranded version of RHEL (minus all the RH proprietary stuff). It has a longer release cycle, but also has a much longer support cycle - years. It focusses more on stability than on bleeding-edge new technology. It's a good substitute for RHEL in the server room.

For normal desktops and workstations however, you don't necessarily need such a long support cycle since you tend to upgrade the OS more often. And many users appreciate having all the latest bells and whistles, even if they are still in beta-development. In this case Fedora is the winner.

I tend to think of Fedora as a development sandbox for RHEL (and thus CentOS). The best features and new technologies found in today's Fedora will eventually find their way into tomorrow's RHEL.

m2c,
Jason

pparks1 · #5 21st May 2006, 02:16 PM

Jtang613 pretty much made all of my standard responses to this question.

Personally, I run a mix of RHEL and CentOS on my work network. CentOS for sure on the development and QA boxes since RHEL costs $.

Because of the short supported life of Fedora, I would never run it on a production/test/qa server. However, I do run it on my desktop Linux box at home (because I like to play at home)

The thing that is great is that since CentOS is basically RHEL, anything that you find on this forum is directly applicable to both CentOS and Fedora.

tomcat · #6 21st May 2006, 08:57 PM

A question that cannot really be answered. It depends really on what you expect the system to do. If you want the latest and greates, then fedora of course. If you prefer stability over everything else, CentOS is the better option. For enterprise solutions, I'd always go with CentOS. For home entertainment, Fedora, if you can handle it.