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CentOS = (PayForUpdates - 1) + RedHat

While we are on the topic of Linux flavors, I would like to mention CentOS (Community ENTerprise OS). Out of all of the flavors I have experienced (Mandrake, Ubuntu, Caldera, etc.), CentOS is by far, in my opinion, (see blog strapline) the best to use for production. Why do I say this? Well, CentOS takes every RadHat patch, strips the licensed portion out and then provides the patch under the Gnu license. What does this mean? You get a version of Linux which can be called “RedHat Linux Enterprise Minus the Cost of Paying for Updates,” which is probably why they went with a shorter name of CentOS. So, you get an almost exact replica of RedHat but no fees to pay as you do with RedHat.

HOWEVER, when it comes down to support b/w CentOS and Ubuntu, I’ve heard many praises for Ubuntu. Don’t know how to install a wireless network driver using interface config and ndiswrapper? Well, you can probably either find out how on Google, or just ask the huge amount of people that contribute solutions for Ubuntu. I have yet to ask questions of the CentOS people, however, all I am using it for is a host OS for VMWare Server.

P.S.
Always install all packages when installing any distro of Linux. Unless you like spending days (and I’m really serious about it taking days) resolving package dependency issues.