[mythtv-users] Myth RPMs for Fedora Core 5

Jake Vickers jake at v2gnu.com
Wed Aug 22 12:53:42 UTC 2007


Phill Edwards wrote:
>>  It gets updates just like Fedora.  It's a repackaged RHEL5 system with
>> different logos, to put it simply.  It will have the same EOL as RHEL5.
>>  The kernel was optimized for server environments, so not all of the
>> hardware is ready to go out of the box.  But once you get it working, it's a
>> rock solid OS, being designed for the enterprise environment.  It gets
>> package updates like any other OS, but for a Myth box do you really need
>> them?
>>     
>
> If I understand you correctly, it doesn't sound CentOS offers any
> benefits in terms of less forced upgrade cycles over Fedora then?
>   

Not sure of the EOL cycles of Fedora, but Cent has some long ones (2014 
for Cent5)
http://www.rackaid.com/supported-systems/centos/

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