<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Joe Wennechuk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:youcanreachmehere@hotmail.com" target="_blank">youcanreachmehere@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir="ltr">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? </div>
</div><br clear="all"></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There are quite a few differences between Red Hat versions, as well. Just in init systems, RHEL 5 was SysV, RHEL 6 was Upstart (but primarily relying on SysV compatability), RHEL 7 is systemd. So don't just grab the latest & greatest: Grab the one that you need to work on.<br>
<br></div><div>I was originally an Ubuntu user as well, but made the switch to Fedora at both home & work. Partially to keep some amount of similarity with the servers I work on, but also due the mir and upstart debacles. There is a learning curve when you're used to building debian packages. I still haven't learned to build my own RPMs yet.<br>
<br>Fedora also has introduced COPR, a which kind of fills the niche that Launchpad PPAs did: <a href="https://copr.fedoraproject.org/">https://copr.fedoraproject.org/</a><br></div></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Chris Irwin<br>
<<a href="mailto:chris@chrisirwin.ca" target="_blank">chris@chrisirwin.ca</a>></div>
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