More precisely, CentOS makes a big deal out of being binary-compatible right down to loading 3rd-party kernel modules correctly. So unless the software you're using needs to see the string "Red Hat" in /etc/issue, or uses the up2date infrastructure, you should be fine using any of RHEL, CentOS, SL, Oracle Unbreakable Linux, Sun's version (can't remember what it's called) etc. -Adam
"Gilbert E. Detillieux" gedetil@cs.umanitoba.ca wrote:
On 2011-06-10 16:05, Sean Cody wrote:
Excuse my ignorance but is there a nice legal way (that doesn't eat my allowance) to obtain RHEL for use in training?
Not sure if the academic licenses would cover that, unless you're registered as a student.
I know CentOS is 'mostly compatible' but the mostly part gives me pause. I need to get up to speed on WebSphere and DB2 whose free/express versions support RHEL specifically.
I think either CentOS or Scientific Linux would be compatible enough for those purposes. They're supposed to be kernel version and library version compatible.
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