[PLUG] Linux distro recommendation as a replacement for SuSE

[MJang]

On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 16:15 -0800, Wil Cooley wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 21:56 -0800, MJang wrote:
> 
> > This becomes an even more interesting discussion in light of the bruhaha
> > around Oracle Linux, which is also a "rebuild" like CentOS. As the
> > CentOS developers freely admit, the tools they use to rebuild aren't the
> > same as the tools used by Red Hat, and this may affect compatibility /
> > certifiability - in terms of support for specialized software (not any
> > LPI/RHCE sort of tests).
> 
> Interestingly enough Oracle's "Unbreakable Linux" seems to have been
> built from CentOS's packages and not directly from Red Hat's.  I'm not
> sure which tools you mean differ, but I'm pretty sure where it
> counts--gcc, binutils--are the same versions.  

Hi Wil, 

I realize this is old info, but this link
techworld.com/opsys/features/index.cfm?fuseaction=displayfeatures&featureid=505&page=2&pagepos=9

suggests otherwise:

"“CAos makes a general attempt at binary compatibility with RHEL,”
explains project leader Greg Kurtzer. "
snip
CAos aims to be a very different enterprise distribution, one that
visibly nods to the controversies that have dogged Red Hat’s build
practices. It ships with an older glibc and native gcc but more recent
kernels, Gnome, and Mozilla web browser. "

Thanks,
Mike