On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, at 8:52pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fedora (though I think I now understand that is the name for the lastest > distro of RedHat)
More completely: Red Hat Software (RHS) used to produce something called "Red Hat Linux" (RHL), which was a distribution of Linux. Several years ago, RHS added a second major OS product, called "Red Hat Enterprise Linux" (RHEL). Several months ago, RHS announced that they were discontinuing the RHL product. The old RHL product was turned into "Fedora Core" (FC). RHEL is trying to be a more "commercial" product then RHL was. RHS is trying to please large system vendors (e.g., Dell), software vendors (e.g., Oracle), and large customers (e.g., Boeing). Think Red Hat Linux with a large splash of Sun Solaris added. RHEL can be *very* expensive, depending on which flavor you buy. FC is trying to be a more "community" distribution then RHL was. FC is highly focused on FOSS. They welcome community contributions. Think Red Hat Linux with a large splash of Debian added. FC is not a product; you cannot buy it. There is also "Red Hat Professional Workstation" (RHPW). RHPW is basically RHEL Workstation, but without any offer of "enterprise support" from Red Hat. RHPW takes the place of the price-point of RHL in RHS's product line. List is about $90 US. The name "Fedora Core" comes from "The Fedora Project". The Fedora Project was an independent project that aimed to provide community contributed RPMs as "add-ons" to the regular RHL product (when it still existed). When RHS dissolved RHL, they created "The Red Hat Linux" project. The two projects quickly realized that they overlapped heavily, so they merged. It remains to be seen how all this will end up. More information: http://fedora.redhat.com/ Red Hat's Fedora Project page http://www.fedora.us/ Original Fedora Project page http://www.redhat.com/software/workstation/ Red Hat Professional Workstation http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
