Why Red Hat doesn’t see CentOS as a Linux rival

From the ‘How Linux Vendors Make $’ files: I wrote a story yesterday about CentOS (the Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone) getting commercial support from OpenLogic. One thing that isn’t in the posted story, that I’ve always been curious about, is why Red Hat itself doesn’t go after CentOS users in an effort to convert [...]

The Perfect Server – CentOS 5.4 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]

New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database.
This tutorial shows how to set up a bCentOS 5.4
server (x86_64) that offers all services needed by ISPs and web
hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with
SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server,
Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for
the 64-bit version of [...]

Release for CentOS-5.4 i386 and x86_64

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.4 for i386 and x86_64 Architectures. CentOS-5.4 is based on the upstream release EL 5.4.0, and includes packages from all variants including Server and Client. All upstream repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end users to work with. And the option [...]

The Perfect Server – CentOS 4.8 Server i386 [ISPConfig 2]

This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 4.8
server that offers all services needed by ISPs and web hosters: Apache
web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS,
BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP,
Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 32-bit version
of CentOS 4.8, but should apply to [...]

PostgreSQL Live CD based on CentOS 5.3 and PG 8.4 released

You wanted it, and here we go: I released initial version of my PostgreSQL 8.4 live CD, which is based on CentOS 5.3. It includes the PostgreSQL related packages that I build on http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org , along with PostgreSQL 8.4.0. Details are here: http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/livecd.php http://www.pglivecd.org You can add an encrypted home directory while burning iso to [...]

CentOS-4.8 released

The CentOS development team is pleased to announce the release of CentOS 4.8 for i386 and x86_64. It is available on all CentOS.org mirrors and via bittorrent, see this link to download ISOs: http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/4.8/isos/ This release corresponds to the upstream vendor U8 release. Also released in the updates repository for CentOS-4.8 are all updates through [...]

CentOS 4 i386 and x86_64 release of CentOS-4.8

The CentOS development team is pleased to announce the release of CentOS 4.8 for i386 and x86_64. It is available on all CentOS.org mirrors and via bittorrent, see this link to download ISOs: http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/4.8/isos/ This release corresponds to the upstream vendor U8 release. Also released in the updates repository for CentOS-4.8 are all updates through [...]