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CentOS Linux 7.5 (1804) Released

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Re: CentOS Linux 7.5 (1804) Released

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Post by patoh »

jlgaddis wrote: post #33
Diggity wrote: post #20

One major undocumented problem that I did not see in the patch notes involves openldap. Specifically there is some error in generating a PID file in the system-d service call. I solved the problem by removing/commenting out the run PID line in /usr/lib/systemd/system/slapd.service

There are a few "known issues" with OpenLDAP [0] in the RHEL 7.5 release notes but I don't see that one mentioned. ICYMI, the openldap-servers package is "deprecated and will not be included in a future major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux". For RHEL, that means it will remain in the 7.x versions but will not be included in 8.x when it is released (which should be Real Soon Now(tm)). For CentOS, that also (likel…

OpenLDAP-LTB provides up-to-date openldap packages for CentOS - http://ltb-project.org/documentation/openldap-rpm

openldap upstream suggest using these on CentOS / RHEL over the redhat packages, if operating the server components.

Re: CentOS Linux 7.5 (1804) Released

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Post by FRex »

eatandwonder wrote: post #35
topspin wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

May I ask why you chose CentOS for a laptop? You mentioned this was your first Linux install, which makes me suspect you might do better with another Linux distribution. CentOS, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux from which it is derived, is usually used on server hardware and virtual machines. It certainly can be installed on a portable machine, but you will struggle more than you would with a distribution that is optimiz…

Good question. I'm aware there are distros with better laptop compatibility and more features, and that CentOS is a bit of an unconventional choice. Here is my reasoning, but I have very limited experienced with the nuts and bolts of Linux and I appreciate any feedback I can get: I work professionally in IT and one reason I'm installing it is to better learn my way around Linux. RHEL is the most prominent distro in b…

That's a really nice line of thought. I'm no linux wizard but I've used Fedora for a few years for my laptop so if you want to ever ask about something basic we can exchange contact info.

Re: CentOS Linux 7.5 (1804) Released

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Post by gjvc »

Be sure to check https://ius.io/ for more recent releases of commonly-used packages. CentOS, being whitelabelled RHEL is sometimes behind the latest and greatest versions.

Most relevant to CentOS / this post is

https://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/CentOS/7/x86_64/r...

I've had good luck with their version of Python 3.6 but as always, YMMV with others.

Re: CentOS Linux 7.5 (1804) Released

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Post by h1d »

thrusong wrote: post #7
hd4 wrote: post #3

Is it true that most of Silicon Valley runs on CentOS?

I watched a video of a recent presentation from someone at Facebook who manages their operating systems and he said they use CentOS across their fleet, so that's probably a sizeable amount.

Any reason being said or any guesses to the reasons?

Re: CentOS Linux 7.5 (1804) Released

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Post by gaius »

gaius wrote: post #5

Make sure you get VirtualBox 5.2.12 if you want to run it as guest, or the additions won’t work. Found that out last week!

Curious about the downvotes, is this statement factually wrong? It does not work with 5.2.10, because I tried it.

Re: CentOS Linux 7.5 (1804) Released

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Post by rdtsc »

mlindner wrote: post #10
hd4 wrote: post #3

Is it true that most of Silicon Valley runs on CentOS?

It's literally the oldest most out of date Linux distro available (even this update), so probably. CentOS recently added Python 2.7 instead of Python 2.6...

You see old and crusty, users see a stable software API that receives security updates for decades.

Re: CentOS Linux 7.5 (1804) Released

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Post by vetinari »

patoh wrote: post #41
jlgaddis wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are a few "known issues" with OpenLDAP [0] in the RHEL 7.5 release notes but I don't see that one mentioned. ICYMI, the openldap-servers package is "deprecated and will not be included in a future major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux". For RHEL, that means it will remain in the 7.x versions but will not be included in 8.x when it is released (which should be Real Soon Now(tm)). For CentOS, that also (likel…

OpenLDAP-LTB provides up-to-date openldap packages for CentOS - http://ltb-project.org/documentation/openldap-rpm openldap upstream suggest using these on CentOS / RHEL over the redhat packages, if operating the server components.

Redhat ships with 389 directory server for several years already (former Netscape Directory) and when you install FreeIPA, you will get 389 by default. I don't think FreeIPA even works with OpenLDAP.
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