On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:41 PM, curriegrad2004 <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Ever since with the disapperance of a key dev who held half the
> pillars of CentOS, it's not surprising that it happens to end like
> this. At least the SL effort is backed by a few research labs funded
> by a government (which hopefully, will sustain for quite some time)
>


Princeton University has their own RHEL spin too.  I mention it because many
people don't know about it.  PUIAS Linux http://puias.math.ias.edu/    Their
repos seem very compatible with SL too.



>
> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Victor Helsing <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > You have performed a great service setting up the forum.  It has been
> quite
> > helpful for a lot of people, and long overdue.
> >
> > Your comments on CentOS are exactly correct.  I think very few people
> > actually take much pleasure in the events there, since CentOS has been a
> > great service to the community for many years.  Their development crew
> seems
> > to be under a lot of stress and not responding perfectly.
> >
> > It does make a striking contrast with the supremely helpful people I've
> > dealt with on the Scientific side though.  I hope they get their issues
> > resolved soon.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 2:46 PM, john h outlan <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:39 PM, john h outlan <[log in to unmask]>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:31 PM, curriegrad2004
> >>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Can you link to the forums so we can all discuss stuff on there. It
> >>>> would also be nice if somebody created a #sl channel on freenode too
> >>>> ;)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi....the forum link is http://scientificlinuxforum.org.  It's up to
> 155
> >>> members today.  We're getting many CentOS "refugees" as of late at the
> rate
> >>> of about 4 or 5 per day :)  The Survey notice has been posted there
> under
> >>> Announcements.
> >>>
> >>
> >> to clarify:  we are pleased at the forum that we gain 4 or 5 members or
> >> more per day, steady.  It's a lot of work and I'm actually out of pocket
> on
> >> it.  We are not pleased with a CentOS demise.  We don't allow any such
> >> meaningless remarks on the forum either, other than civil conversation
> >> and/or speculation in good conversation.  Sorry for the waste of time.
> >
> >
>