Preferred Distribution

[Tom G. Christensen]

--[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am having to setup a couple of new mailservers where I am working
> on contract at the moment, using Dell SC1435 rack mounts.  The
> problem is that RedHat ES4 kernel is so old does not recognise the
> SAS RAID card.
> 
Use the latest RHEL4 update (U5) instead of the first release.

> Now my question is should I get them to purchase RHES5, or go for
> either CentOS or Fedora ?
> 
With a valid server subscription you can use any version of RHEL you 
like. They can all be downloaded from RHN.

> Personally I would use Gentoo or Ubuntu, but they are really *not*
> happy in using either of them for a corporate system :(
> 
Smart people.

-tgc