RHEL, CentOS

Glen

Perhaps this isn't the right group; if so, my apologies.

My original intent was to post to a/the CentOS newsgroup, but I didn't
find one on my news server. Does one exist?

I've recently installed CentOS 5 and had a couple of questions I hoped
could be answered by someone out there.

I'll wait to post the questions 'til I get better info as to the proper
newsgroup.

Thanks,

Glen

Jan Gerrit Kootstra

Glen wrote:
> Perhaps this isn't the right group; if so, my apologies.
>
> My original intent was to post to a/the CentOS newsgroup, but I didn't
> find one on my news server. Does one exist?
>
> I've recently installed CentOS 5 and had a couple of questions I hoped
> could be answered by someone out there.
>
> I'll wait to post the questions 'til I get better info as to the proper
> newsgroup.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Glen

Dear Glen,


Red Hat and CentOS are based on source code so most of your questions
can also be answered Red Hat users.

The otherway around if Red Hat does not supply rpm's for some
application CentOS rpm's can be applied to RHEL.


Kind regards,


Jan Gerrit Kootstra

General Schvantzkopf

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:20:08 -0600, Glen wrote:

> Perhaps this isn't the right group; if so, my apologies.
>
> My original intent was to post to a/the CentOS newsgroup, but I didn't
> find one on my news server. Does one exist?
>
> I've recently installed CentOS 5 and had a couple of questions I hoped
> could be answered by someone out there.
>
> I'll wait to post the questions 'til I get better info as to the proper
> newsgroup.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Glen

This is the right group, CentOS is just a clone of RHEL so there isn't a
need for a separate newsgroup for it.

Dan Espen

Glen <fgo124@sbcglobal.net> writes:

> Perhaps this isn't the right group; if so, my apologies.
>
> My original intent was to post to a/the CentOS newsgroup, but I didn't
> find one on my news server. Does one exist?
>
> I've recently installed CentOS 5 and had a couple of questions I hoped
> could be answered by someone out there.
>
> I'll wait to post the questions 'til I get better info as to the proper
> newsgroup.

CentOS doesn't appear to have a newsgroup.
I see forums, IRC, Mailing Lists, and commercial support at their site.

If you really want to use a newsgroup, this is probably as close
as you can get.

General Schvantzkopf

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:20:08 -0600, Glen wrote:

> Perhaps this isn't the right group; if so, my apologies.
>
> My original intent was to post to a/the CentOS newsgroup, but I didn't
> find one on my news server. Does one exist?
>
> I've recently installed CentOS 5 and had a couple of questions I hoped
> could be answered by someone out there.
>
> I'll wait to post the questions 'til I get better info as to the proper
> newsgroup.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Glen

This is the right group, CentOS is just a clone of RHEL so there isn't a
need for a separate newsgroup for it.

Jan Gerrit Kootstra

Glen wrote:
> Perhaps this isn't the right group; if so, my apologies.
>
> My original intent was to post to a/the CentOS newsgroup, but I didn't
> find one on my news server. Does one exist?
>
> I've recently installed CentOS 5 and had a couple of questions I hoped
> could be answered by someone out there.
>
> I'll wait to post the questions 'til I get better info as to the proper
> newsgroup.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Glen

Dear Glen,


Red Hat and CentOS are based on source code so most of your questions
can also be answered Red Hat users.

The otherway around if Red Hat does not supply rpm's for some
application CentOS rpm's can be applied to RHEL.


Kind regards,


Jan Gerrit Kootstra

Moe Trin

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.redhat, in article
<MPG.21d63e639ae98c95989684@news.houston.sbcglobal .net>, Glen wrote:

>Perhaps this isn't the right group; if so, my apologies.
>
>My original intent was to post to a/the CentOS newsgroup, but I didn't
>find one on my news server. Does one exist?

Doesn't appear so. Did you make a scan at groups.google to see where
the archives show CentOS discussions?

>I've recently installed CentOS 5 and had a couple of questions I
>hoped could be answered by someone out there.

If they relate to CentOS or RHEL specific tools/applications/configuration
files, a Red Hat newsgroup might be good. The server I'm using carries

alt.linux.redhat 212 articles this year, 82 last 6 months
alt.os.linux.redhat 839 " " " 430 " " "
comp.os.linux.redhat 274 " " " 98 " " "
linux.redhat 2425 " " " 581 " " "

but article counts are no indication of quality.

If the questions relate to Linux, or some other generic subject, the
big-eight groups might be more suitable - comp.os.linux.*

>I'll wait to post the questions 'til I get better info as to the proper
>newsgroup.

Hopefully, you'll include the details needed, such as what you are trying
to accomplish, what you have tried, what you expected, what results and
error messages - and appropriate SMALL snippets of the relevant logs that
show the problem.

Old guy

General Schvantzkopf

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:20:08 -0600, Glen wrote:

> Perhaps this isn't the right group; if so, my apologies.
>
> My original intent was to post to a/the CentOS newsgroup, but I didn't
> find one on my news server. Does one exist?
>
> I've recently installed CentOS 5 and had a couple of questions I hoped
> could be answered by someone out there.
>
> I'll wait to post the questions 'til I get better info as to the proper
> newsgroup.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Glen

This is the right group, CentOS is just a clone of RHEL so there isn't a
need for a separate newsgroup for it.

Moe Trin

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.redhat, in article
<MPG.21d63e639ae98c95989684@news.houston.sbcglobal .net>, Glen wrote:

>Perhaps this isn't the right group; if so, my apologies.
>
>My original intent was to post to a/the CentOS newsgroup, but I didn't
>find one on my news server. Does one exist?

Doesn't appear so. Did you make a scan at groups.google to see where
the archives show CentOS discussions?

>I've recently installed CentOS 5 and had a couple of questions I
>hoped could be answered by someone out there.

If they relate to CentOS or RHEL specific tools/applications/configuration
files, a Red Hat newsgroup might be good. The server I'm using carries

alt.linux.redhat 212 articles this year, 82 last 6 months
alt.os.linux.redhat 839 " " " 430 " " "
comp.os.linux.redhat 274 " " " 98 " " "
linux.redhat 2425 " " " 581 " " "

but article counts are no indication of quality.

If the questions relate to Linux, or some other generic subject, the
big-eight groups might be more suitable - comp.os.linux.*

>I'll wait to post the questions 'til I get better info as to the proper
>newsgroup.

Hopefully, you'll include the details needed, such as what you are trying
to accomplish, what you have tried, what you expected, what results and
error messages - and appropriate SMALL snippets of the relevant logs that
show the problem.

Old guy

Moe Trin

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.redhat, in article
<MPG.21d63e639ae98c95989684@news.houston.sbcglobal .net>, Glen wrote:

>Perhaps this isn't the right group; if so, my apologies.
>
>My original intent was to post to a/the CentOS newsgroup, but I didn't
>find one on my news server. Does one exist?

Doesn't appear so. Did you make a scan at groups.google to see where
the archives show CentOS discussions?

>I've recently installed CentOS 5 and had a couple of questions I
>hoped could be answered by someone out there.

If they relate to CentOS or RHEL specific tools/applications/configuration
files, a Red Hat newsgroup might be good. The server I'm using carries

alt.linux.redhat 212 articles this year, 82 last 6 months
alt.os.linux.redhat 839 " " " 430 " " "
comp.os.linux.redhat 274 " " " 98 " " "
linux.redhat 2425 " " " 581 " " "

but article counts are no indication of quality.

If the questions relate to Linux, or some other generic subject, the
big-eight groups might be more suitable - comp.os.linux.*

>I'll wait to post the questions 'til I get better info as to the proper
>newsgroup.

Hopefully, you'll include the details needed, such as what you are trying
to accomplish, what you have tried, what you expected, what results and
error messages - and appropriate SMALL snippets of the relevant logs that
show the problem.

Old guy