tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post8150721576958952637..comments2024-02-27T03:14:00.412-06:00Comments on From the Canyon Edge: RHEL6 from an Ubuntu Server Developer's PerspectiveDustin Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-16779280331314203602010-11-21T20:43:38.449-06:002010-11-21T20:43:38.449-06:00If you do decide to try again and wish to evaluate...If you do decide to try again and wish to evaluate yum then you could try adding the EPEL repositories.<br /><br />http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPELStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308065118913968537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-39086117609265437232010-11-20T09:11:19.191-06:002010-11-20T09:11:19.191-06:00Wow, thanks for that info, Colin!
:-DustinWow, thanks for that info, Colin!<br /><br />:-DustinDustin Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-52664367161136848912010-11-20T07:43:05.105-06:002010-11-20T07:43:05.105-06:00There's now a GTK d-i available in natty, and ...There's now a GTK d-i available in natty, and since it finally uses X (thanks to work by my colleagues on the upstream d-i team) it shouldn't break all the time the way the DirectFB version used to. I can't fit it onto the normal server CD due to all the cloud stuff, but it would be interesting to explore adding it to the DVD and having people interested in this polish it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-13381778332362464442010-11-19T18:41:08.255-06:002010-11-19T18:41:08.255-06:00Vide,
Yes, VNC support is very nice. I used that...Vide,<br /><br />Yes, VNC support is very nice. I used that quite a bit in the RHEL4 days.<br /><br />:-DustinDustin Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-7327014736453788342010-11-19T18:40:41.102-06:002010-11-19T18:40:41.102-06:00Jef,
Most annoying? Yeah, probably the download ...Jef,<br /><br />Most annoying? Yeah, probably the download experience (ie, required registration), and the broken yum configuration (ie, required registration).<br /><br />The rest I saw are mostly just "differences", rather than annoyances. Linux is Linux, and I love Linux.<br /><br />:-DustinDustin Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-55806854748746219962010-11-19T18:37:43.168-06:002010-11-19T18:37:43.168-06:00tellis,
Right, thanks. I figured I could do that...tellis,<br /><br />Right, thanks. I figured I could do that somehow, thanks for the instructions. I'll use that if I need to explore the install any further. I think I'm done for now.<br /><br />:-DustinDustin Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-39438037961158120872010-11-19T18:36:47.162-06:002010-11-19T18:36:47.162-06:00Steve,
I agree with you about chkconfig. I shoul...Steve,<br /><br />I agree with you about chkconfig. I should take another look into that I ported the service(8) command over to Ubuntu a few years ago. I should look into fix/improving chkconfig in Ubuntu across upstart and init.d.<br /><br />:-DustinDustin Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-21287999263057092092010-11-19T18:35:26.112-06:002010-11-19T18:35:26.112-06:00Hi Tom,
Right, CentOS will be an option at some p...Hi Tom,<br /><br />Right, CentOS will be an option at some point, but I don't see downloads for CentOS6 on the GA page, yet.<br /><br />:-DustinDustin Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-6292283394148032010-11-19T12:51:38.156-06:002010-11-19T12:51:38.156-06:00Another *great* feature of RHEL (and CentOS) which...Another *great* feature of RHEL (and CentOS) which is really important for small enterprises it's the automatic and super-easy VNC support in the installation process. So if you don't have a full featured lights out card in your server you can tell someone in the datacenter to put the DVD in, boot in text mode, do a basic network configuration, enable the VNC server *in the installation* and you can remotely install in a graphic manner your server. Very neat.Videhttp://anothersysadmin.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-78549888886462083132010-11-19T11:48:36.607-06:002010-11-19T11:48:36.607-06:00So the most annoying part of the experience was th...So the most annoying part of the experience was the technical constraints imposed on you, a non paying support customer, with regard to access to software packages hosted on Red Hat's servers?<br /><br /><br />-jefJef Spaletahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11439754449677675460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-18730228870826961062010-11-19T09:28:29.279-06:002010-11-19T09:28:29.279-06:00Ah, so I did. It's at:
http://paste.ubuntu.co...Ah, so I did. It's at:<br />http://paste.ubuntu.com/534298/<br /><br />I'll edit inline too.<br /><br />Thanks!<br />:-DustinDustin Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-59225031973868121312010-11-19T06:13:06.512-06:002010-11-19T06:13:06.512-06:00Thanks for this review, very insightful.
You'...Thanks for this review, very insightful.<br /><br />You're missing a link where you're saying "pasted the default package list here:" though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-3396257699117350852010-11-19T05:05:19.683-06:002010-11-19T05:05:19.683-06:00I also think RHEL6 is a very good release, kudos t...I also think RHEL6 is a very good release, kudos to the RH folk.<br /><br />RHN now uses a CDN (Akamai), so that's why your download was so quick.<br /><br />A couple of things I noted:<br />- highest level subscription now does not include any of the cluster components or cluster FS tools (optional add-ons like in RHEL4 days)<br />- self-support subscriptions now available that are fairly cheap<br />- RHEL6 kernel source RPM no longer uses patches on a vanilla tree, it's just one big merged tree<br /><br />If you want to play with Yum without registering to RHN, you can just add the install dvd as a yum repo....<br /><br />mount /dev/cdrom /mnt<br />... then stick something like this in /etc/yum.repos.d/dvd.repo<br /><br />[dvd]<br />name=RHEL6 DVD<br />baseurl=file:///mnt<br />enabled=1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-77537688013253230542010-11-18T18:49:28.824-06:002010-11-18T18:49:28.824-06:00One thing I've always loved about RHEL is (1) ...One thing I've always loved about RHEL is (1) how easy it is to set up a sane LVM scheme compared to the Debian/Ubuntu installer and (2) chkconfig. The most painful thing about recent Ubuntu releases has been this split between upstart scripts and init scripts. With 1 tool to control service configuration, it is easier to right sane policies and post-install checklists/scripts.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-68328425240807510902010-11-18T16:47:32.800-06:002010-11-18T16:47:32.800-06:00So CentOS has the best of both worlds?
It has eve...So CentOS has the best of both worlds?<br /><br />It has everything RHEL has, but is free to download and has no registration.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10566325100945295105noreply@blogger.com