Comments on: RHEL clones http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2004/12/13/rhel-clones/ by Mark Mayo Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:40:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ed Borasky http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2004/12/13/rhel-clones/#comment-2067 Ed Borasky Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:14:49 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2004/12/13/rhel-clones/#comment-2067 Well ... I looked at your website and saw what you do. Given the nature of your site, I highly recommend Dirk Eddelbuettel's Debian-based Quantian distro. It's a LiveDVD, but you can install it to a hard drive if you wish and update/upgrade it from the Debian mirrors. Quantian is based on clusterKnoppix -- it does clusters, parallel virtual machines, etc. "right out of the box"! The only reason I can see for using an RHEL or RHEL clone for your application would be if you needed the high-security stuff. In any event, try Quantian http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian Another possibility would be my favorite distro, Gentoo. You build it from source, and most, but not all, of the packages on Quantian are available in the Gentoo mirrors. Security is not generally a problem, and updates are automatic and free. You do have to tailor it to your needs, though. If you want to go the Gentoo route, please feel free to e-mail me with questions -- I'd be happy to point you in the right directions. Well … I looked at your website and saw what you do. Given the nature of your site, I highly recommend Dirk Eddelbuettel’s Debian-based Quantian distro. It’s a LiveDVD, but you can install it to a hard drive if you wish and update/upgrade it from the Debian mirrors. Quantian is based on clusterKnoppix — it does clusters, parallel virtual machines, etc. “right out of the box”!

The only reason I can see for using an RHEL or RHEL clone for your application would be if you needed the high-security stuff. In any event, try Quantian

http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian

Another possibility would be my favorite distro, Gentoo. You build it from source, and most, but not all, of the packages on Quantian are available in the Gentoo mirrors. Security is not generally a problem, and updates are automatic and free. You do have to tailor it to your needs, though. If you want to go the Gentoo route, please feel free to e-mail me with questions — I’d be happy to point you in the right directions.

]]> By: Jonathan Arnold http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2004/12/13/rhel-clones/#comment-900 Jonathan Arnold Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:24:16 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2004/12/13/rhel-clones/#comment-900 Not to get into a distro war, but I installed and fell in love with Xandros. It's been getting great reviews too. Check out my blog for a quick overview and some links. Not to get into a distro war, but I installed and fell in love with Xandros. It’s been getting great reviews too. Check out my blog for a quick overview and some links.

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