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. > > > > >