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Review: CentOS 3.3 is a good Red Hat server alternative (NewsForge)

NewsForge takes a quick look at CentOS. "According to the Web site of its developers, the cAos Foundation, "The goal [of CentOS] is to reproduce RHEL in a freely distributable form that complies in full with RedHat's redistribution requirements. It is designed for people who need an enterprise class OS without the cost of certification or the RedHat brand name." To a large extent, it succeeds."
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Review: CentOS 3.3 is a good Red Hat server alternative (NewsForge)

Posted Nov 23, 2004 19:45 UTC (Tue) by jfranks (subscriber, #1213) [Link]

People considering a free RHEL clone should also consider Scientific Linux. It is maintained by professional staff at Fermi Labs and Cern and seems to be fairly widely used in academic and government lab settings.

My experience in running it on 50+ workstations and a few servers has been excellent.

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