[BlueOnyx:14950] Re: New 5108 ISO?

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

On 3/19/2014 8:48 AM, wcstaff at webcoast.com wrote:
> Actually the updates are all automatic, so it's really no bother. It doesn't
> take long at all to update.

My guess here is that Dirk is referring to new BlueOnyx installations. 
As updates are made and left in the YUM repos, that just takes a little 
more time on the initial yum update after a new BlueOnyx installation.

While it's true that this realistically only adds a few minutes to an 
installation, if you do this regularly enough then that can become 
somewhat of a time vampire.   And you know what they say; time is money.


> I prefer Scientific Linux over CentOS. I originally installed it that way
> because the developers prefer it as well. And they know WAY more than me.:)

We typically go with SL as well, for the same reasons Michael has 
mentioned.  So that's our standard go-to installation.  We have had 1 
customer who insisted on the CentOS version for their own reasons, on a 
6-server installation.  We've not noticed any functional or practical 
differences.   Both distros are RHEL clones.  It's just a matter of 
which you prefer in terms of updates, and SL has shown to be a bit more 
attentive in that regard.

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