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Why are you paying for "CentOS?" Does Rackspace charge for different distributions? If you're going to pay for a distro then might as well go for the source and pay for RHEL.

I'm basing this from your comment: "CentOS 5.4 - pretty much an exact replica of RedHat 5.4, so there's lot's of online documentation and help. Plus, it came as an inexpensive option with Rackspace. :)"

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He's not paying for CentOS, he'd have to pay for RHEL. It's an extra 3 cents an hour.

I equate inexpensive with a cost. Am I misunderstanding something here? CentOS is a free distro.

To be clear, CentOS: Free. RHEL: +3 cents/hr.

He just worded it poorly.

true. I should have written "Plus, it came as a _less_ expensive option with Rackspace. :)"

Aaron Longnion Founder of Refynr.com

No worries, Aaron.

By the way, there's no need to sign your posts, we already see your username on your post. You can just move that line into your profile. ;)

thanks, Steve. n00b mistake :D

Any time. Welcome to HN.

Got it. Thanks Steve.

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