Re: new to redhat
Johan Scheepers <[email protected]>
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On 16/11/2010 21:21, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 11/16/2010 10:28 AM, Johan Scheepers wrote: >> Good day, >> >> I have ordered some RH 9 cd's. > > Red Hat 9 went end-of-life about four years ago, Johan. You really > need to go with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5 or 6.0. > > CentOS is also a good bet, as it's built from Red Hat's source RPMs and > is, essentially, identical (except for some branding, logos, etc.). > The kicker is...it's free! The only caveat is that there's a bit of a > lag between any updates from Red Hat and having them appear on CentOS > (as the CentOS gang has to grab the source code, change the branding > and stuff and rebuild them). > >> Done some home work on google. >> Some knowledge of debian squeeze and opensuse 11.3. >> >> Being a pensionar I do have the time to fiddle around with different >> distros. > > The "experimental hamster" for Red Hat is called "Fedora". That's > where all the heavy development is done. The latest RHEL 6 is based on > Fedora 12. The previous RHEL 5 was based on Fedora 6. The current > Fedora release is Fedora 14 (just came out a few weeks ago) and there > are still some teething pains with it. > > If you want the latest, get Fedora 14. Depending on your level of pain > tolerance, you may want to go with the more stable Fedora 13. If you > want TRUE stability, stick with RHEL or CentOS. > >> May need some assistance along the redhat way. > > I've been using all of them for about 15 years and I can help if needed. > I'm also an assistant sysop for this forum, but you'll find me on the > Fedora user's list ([email protected]) or the Fedora test list > ([email protected]). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting [email protected] - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - If this is the first day of the rest of my life... - > - I'm in BIG trouble! - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-install-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > [email protected] > Subject: unsubscribe > Thanks. Busy downloading fedora 14 iso for cd. subscribed to users and laptop. Regards Johan _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: [email protected] Subject: unsubscribe