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Re: SL 5.3 with IceWM from SL 5.2 mini_livecd (long post)
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Radu-Cristian Fotescu <[log in to unmask]>
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Radu-Cristian Fotescu <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:37:43 -0500
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> We've chosen SL because it closely resembles the
> original distribution. We have hardware and software
> that only supports this flavour of Linux. Any deviation
> could lead us into a situation where we get no support

Sorry to say, but CentOS is 100% cloning TUV,
and StartCom AS is 99.999% like TUV.

SL has quite a lot of additions (read the relnotes)!

But, given the exact packages, I don't see how could they
affect your compatibility!


> Quite frankly, if you are looking for a Linux distro 
> that has all the latest bells and whistles 

Quite frankly, I am not looking for that.


Cheers,
R-C

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