[kwlug-disc] Switching Jobs from Debian Shop to RHEL?

[jekerr at SDF.ORG]

Thanks for reminding me why I am so much happier in the Debian / Ubuntu camp.

John

> One thing that has been mentioned in passing, but needs to be stressed
> more, is the RedHat default repositories.
>
> In the Ubuntu/Debian world, the project itself hosts repositories for most
> software projects out there. The most you have to do is enable
> universe/multiverse/...etc. if they are not already enabled.
>
> This means that you can start with a default Ubuntu LTS server plain
> install, and just pull Apache, MySQL, PHP, Munin, Awstats, Memcached, a
> myriad of other things, without having to search for repositories that
> contain the software you want, nor configure them into your server.
>
> In the RedHat world people often have third party repositories that they
> go
> to bypassing the project's set of repositories.
>
> Moreover, dependency management can be very different from Debian/Ubuntu.
> If you do a yum search on a package and find it in the configured
> repositories, that does not mean you can go ahead and installed it (which
> is true for Debian/Ubuntu). You can have something in the dependency chain
> that is not installed, and would not get installed if you say "installed
> the packages I searched for".
>
> So, you are back looking for the best repositories out there, and there is
> considerable learning beyond "it is just rpm vs deb differences".
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Joe Wennechuk <
> youcanreachmehere at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am about to start a new position on the 21 st., and they are Redhat
>> enthusiasts. The vast majority of my experience is with Debian. What are
>> the major differences that I need to know right away? I understand that
>> the
>> networking system etc file structure is dissimilar, and to type yum
>> instead
>> of apt-get, but what really are the differences? Also should I change my
>> Desktop environment from Kubuntu, or any *untu. I am downloading RHEL
>> Enterprise desktop and will install later today. What are my options,
>> and
>> is the switch from *untu on my desktop necessary  when dealing with RHEL
>> servers in the infrastructure?
>>
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