Thanks, Bart, for the reply, but I, as well as many others, view Scientif
ic
Linux as not so much a clone of Red Hat but more evolved beyond. SL has i
ts
own philosophy. It includes more drivers, more packages, and more tweaks
than found in the original. That's one of the many reasons I like SL so
much. I just don't understand the logic in that type of DVD release.
Hopefully, Troy will show up soon and explain their reasoning.

Respectfully,

Bob Good

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On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:11:44 +0000, Bart Swedrowski <[log in to unmask]> w
rote:

>On 19 February 2011 13:00, Bob & Jeanne Good <[log in to unmask]>
 wrote:
>> I downloaded the 3.4 gigabyte SL6 Install DVD expecting an up-to-date
>> system (latest kernel, etc.) upon completion of the install. But, to m
y
>> disappointment, I had 112 packages waiting on me when I checked for
>> updates.
>[...]
>> Might I suggest that this Install DVD be updated to include the latest

>> packages?
>
>I am not speaking for the SL dev team here, but the goal of RH clones
>is for them to become *exactly* the same as the upstream (i.e. RedHat)
>without having to pay subscription fees to use it or receive further
>updates.
>
>It's not their aim to change it, make it better, patch it or create
>any alternatives like DVDs with updated set of packages.  If you need
>something like this (i.e. DVD with updated set of packages) you can do
>this yourself utilising kickstart techniques (I am sure there is a lot
>of documentation flying around; have done this one myself before).