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On 11/07/2014 03:05 PM, Andrew Z wrote:
> With all due respect this is not a valid compare. We can compare sl to
> centos etc.

True

> I run both (fedora and sl 6.5) as workstations and cant complain . Sl is
> solid - wife likes it and cost to maintain it for me is 0. Fedora -
> depends what I do, if compile various projects - yes easier then sl
> (because of newer api) but once updates hit... uhhh. I might spend time
> fixing that.
> In short - sl is stable as promised and fedora is brand new -as promised.
>
> Now,  I think going forward,  we will see hopefully happier midium in
> centos versions.
>

I think that SL 6.x was usable as a workstation, even though
it has its legs somewhat broken.  But SL 7 is now really
only useful as a server.


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