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From: Rahul on 28 Jan 2010 02:54 Are there any studies / websites that track the total user base of various Linux distros? I wanted to install CentOS on a Server but some others like ScientificLinux. In "theory" they are both the same since RHEL clones.... But I am always biased towards a distro or software or tool with more users than less (all other things being equal). Just makes more likely that bugs have been ironed out. And google searhing is easier. Your problem is rarely unque. In order to make a better judgement I wanted to compare the CentOS versus ScientificLinux userbase sizes but google doesn't throw up much. -- Rahul
From: Kim DeVaughn on 28 Jan 2010 04:38 Rahul <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> writes: > Are there any studies / websites that track the total user base of various > Linux distros? I wanted to install CentOS on a Server but some others like > ScientificLinux. In "theory" they are both the same since RHEL clones.... > In order to make a better judgement I wanted to compare the CentOS versus > ScientificLinux userbase sizes but google doesn't throw up much. Well, FWIW, the latest numbers at DistroWatch.com <http://distrowatch.com> show CentOS at #14 (598 hits/day, up), and Scientific at #48 (177 hits/day, flat). Of course these numbers only represent the number of hits at the distros' respective websites, but it's an indication of something (just what that "something" is, is left as an exercise for the reader ...). As I said, FWIW ... /kim -- ========================================================= "There are lies, damn lies, and benchmarks." --Unknown
From: J G Miller on 28 Jan 2010 10:53 On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:54:50 +0000, Rahul wrote: > Are there any studies / websites that track the total user base of > various Linux distros? People who install a GNU/Linux distribution do not have to report their installation to any Linux Licensing Authority, so nobody knows how many installations are actually out there. Just because a distribution is more popular eg has been downloaded by more people at one particular time in no way gives any indication how bug free is that distribution. What you need to do is to look at the bug reporting systems put in place for each distribution and how well the maintainers respond to fixing those bugs. This openness is there for all to see with the Debian bug tracking system. and similarly with Ubuntu, and you can how much bug reports are ignored or swept under the carpet for some software packages. Have you looked at the CentOS and ScientificLinux bug reporting system to see how well they compare?
From: Michael Black on 28 Jan 2010 12:32 On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Rahul wrote: > Are there any studies / websites that track the total user base of various > Linux distros? I wanted to install CentOS on a Server but some others like > ScientificLinux. In "theory" they are both the same since RHEL clones.... > > But I am always biased towards a distro or software or tool with more users > than less (all other things being equal). Just makes more likely that bugs > have been ironed out. And google searhing is easier. Your problem is rarely > unque. > > In order to make a better judgement I wanted to compare the CentOS versus > ScientificLinux userbase sizes but google doesn't throw up much. > What's "ScientificLinux"? I believe that properly sums things up. Michael
From: André Gillibert on 28 Jan 2010 14:24
Rahul <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > Are there any studies / websites that track the total user base of various > Linux distros? I wanted to install CentOS on a Server but some others like > ScientificLinux. In "theory" they are both the same since RHEL clones.... > > But I am always biased towards a distro or software or tool with more users > than less (all other things being equal). Just makes more likely that bugs > have been ironed out. And google searhing is easier. Your problem is rarely > unque. > > In order to make a better judgement I wanted to compare the CentOS versus > ScientificLinux userbase sizes but google doesn't throw up much. > > I think that Red Hat, CentOS and ScientificLinux are built from the same source code and the same patches (SRPMS) with the same compiler and compiler options and so, have the same RPMs. CentOS is Red Hat minus non-free stuff. This probably removes a few packages and slightly change a few others. ScientificLinux is Red Hat (minus non-free stuff?) + a few packages. So, I guess that, for the common Red Hat base, CentOS and ScientificLinux don't release patches. They just use Red Hat patches. -- André Gillibert |