RPMs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS 6
So, I figured that since the most popular (in fact, the only ones people actually read) posts on this site are the ones about setting up a web server on Red Hat and CentOS, I’d simplify the process even more. If you use nginx, PHP-FPM or any of that jazz, this post will probably be of interest. Read more
CentOS 6.0 is here!
It seems as though the CentOS developers have finally got the latest release through quality assurance – it’s been released! For those familiar with the release or the upstream Red Hat one, this post will just rehash what you already know
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Making CentOS a tad lighter
CentOS is a fantastic Linux distribution because it’s rock solid: you can pretty much guarantee it’ll run on any box without much hacking and once it’s setup you can depend on it. It’s these qualities that make it such a great OS to run on servers, where you’re looking for something reliable that doesn’t break with every minor update. Its biggest pitfalls are its heavy memory footprint and excessive boot times, both of which make it unsuitable for virtualised servers. This blog post gives you some tips to cut down on both
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