[Discuss] Oracle Linux, going after CentOs

[Richard Pieri]

On 7/27/2012 10:17 AM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> "The base SL distribution is basically Enterprise Linux, recompiled
> from source.

I am aware of what Scientific Linux is.  I been running an SL shop for 
the last two and a half years with nodes spanning SL 3 through SL 6 
inclusive.


> I'm not sure what you mean by mixing EL packages with SL packages--why
> would you mix RHEL, CentOS, and SL packages on the same system?  Or do
> you mean third party software?

The EPEL repository.  There are packages in EPEL that run just fine on 
RHEL and CentOS but cause conflicts on SL.  In my experience, if it 
wasn't compiled on Scientific Linux then there is a non-zero chance that 
it won't play nice with Scientific Linux.

-- 
Rich P.