On January 20, 2005 10:07 pm, Travis Rousseau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well for Redhat I have one RHEL3 server and a few RH9 and FC3 computers. > From them there is a few main differences the first is support for > RHEL Redhat provides support right to you.
Yes and No. Because RHEL is released under the GPL you are able to install it without buying a support License. That's why White Box and Centos exist. What you don't get without the license is access to download binary updates from RedHat Network. They are required to make the SRPMS (source) available as compliance to GPL. Also their are different levels of support, your basic support really only gets you access to the redhat network for downloading updates and basic support. You can buy higher levels of support online from their site. > For FC3 you find what support you can (You'll find it for everything!). > The second main difference is your not using release packages (or at least > me) with RHEL3 your using old packages with security fixes back ported to > older "Known to be fully stable". Well that needs clarification. The update RPMS you receive from RedHat for Enterprise won't be the newest releases from the upstream but mostly patched versions of the packages available when that version of RHEL was released. If the security threat requires an upgrade to a newer release RedHat will do that but only if they have to. > Now with fedora core you get the packages at release time and > they have undergone little if any testing so you do not know how well it > will react in the situation it is put in and you must worry about > package discrepancys. That statement only reflects FC Devel. The Fedora update packages have been tested in the Fedora community prior to release and contain mostly security fixes or minor updates. Major updates are saved for new releases of FC. There has been some mistakes in publishing that have caused some dependancy issues but mostly that's due to new updates being released prior to some of their dependancies. Often the issue is resolved later that day or the next. -- Mark Lane, CET -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sales Manager -- Hard Data Ltd -- http://www.harddata.com T: 01-780-456-9771 -- F: 01-780-456-9772 11060 - 166 Avenue Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5X 1Y3 --> Ask me about our New Dual and 4 Way Blade Servers <-- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
