[ale] How do people deal with RHEL?

[James Sumners]

Heh heh. I promise that I wouldn't be happier with Gentoo. I've used
it before; I prefer installing binaries whenever possible :)

On a server, I prefer Debian stable. It stays out of the way, and
makes maintenance super easy.

In other situations, I prefer Arch Linux. Most software is available
in the main repositories. When something isn't in the main
repositories, it's very likely that there is a script available in the
AUR. Failing that, creating a package from scratch is easier than on
any other distribution I've ever used.

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:
> It sounds to me like you may be happier working with Gentoo, where 1)
> the distribution itself is versionless; 2) tens of thousands of packages
> are managed in a single package management system; 3) you only need deal
> with "other repositories" (we call them "overlays") for extreme outliers
> although the ability to compile from upstream source is always there.
>
> The timespan between when package source is available from upstream and
> the first appearance of an ebuild in Gentoo Portage (albeit one that's
> still masked for testing - still usable by a reference in one of
> Portage's masking control files) can be pretty short - days, even.
>
> Having worked with Gentoo now for about ten years, I find RHEL/CentOS
> very limited...like I found some old CD distro in someone's junk box.  I
> was surprised to find that brand new CentOS had a two-year-old CUPS...
>
> - Jeff
>
> On 3/24/11 3:19 PM, James Sumners wrote:
>> Where? All I have read is people telling me to stop using an old
>> version, or that because _they_ don't use the package then Red Hat
>> shouldn't include it, or people answering a question that wasn't even
>> asked ("how do I install this when it isn't in the main repo?").
>>
>> Well that's not entirely true. You did state the same frustration with
>> other distributions and that you just give up and look for a third
>> party repo when you get frustrated.
>>
>> I wasn't really trying to start a thread where I get help
>> administering the system. I was venting frustration, and thought maybe
>> some others would join in with their own
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Don Lachlan
>> <ale-at-ale.org at unpopularminds.org>  wrote:
>>> And we told you how we work in it,
>>
>>
>
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