I wonder why arabeyes.org can't build their own distribution of linux since they have done a great job in arabizaion.
people of arabeye.org, I think you have start thinking about that. --- Isam Bayazidi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 07 November 2003 02:29, Suliman A Alsamhan > wrote: > > Alsalamo Alikom, > > Wa Alaikom Al Salam > > > I think the hot news these days for Linux > community is RH (RedHat) step. > > There is no longer free distribution of RH Linux. > You need to buy it for > > either the desktops or servers. > > > > Great, now, what is the deference between RH and > M$ (Microsoft). > > One of those companies provide Linux, and the other > give Windows, and the > technical differences between the 2 systems are very > clear to you I think, as > you are I linux user (I suppose). The story is about > a Linux Company that > decided to stop their Freely downloadable > distribution, and concentrate more > on their Enterprise solutions. The Freely > Downloadable RedHat will be under > the name Fedora. So Fedora is RedHat without the > RedHat name and support. > > > I know that some of you will talk a lot about the > deference between open > > source and free stuff. We still have the open > source advantage but we > > lost the free of charge advantage. > > > > And, some will say this is the greatness of open > source, we do not stick > > with one company moves. > > > > Really what we care about as Linux user?? > > > > For me, I care about the stability and security > of the system. As we > > know, RH was one of the most stable > distributions. The up2date tool was > > a great tool to use to update your system. Keep > your system bugs free. > > > > Now, where should we run to?? > > > > Debain, Suse, Fedora!!! > > > Well, SuSE is as Free as RedHat as, and I mean here > that SuSE do not provide a > Freely downloadable version of their distribution, > and they have not done > that for years. Now as for the home user, I am not > sure how much is the > choice of Linux is about saving money when you buy > the system. So if we talk > about Free distributions we have: Debian, Gentoo, > Slackware, Mandrake, and at > least 100 more. Now as for the commercial > distributions, they always existed, > and they are not very expensive. For example the > SuSE Linux 9 Personal is for > around 50$ I think, and it includes some 60 or 90 > days support. And you have > Lindows (which I personally hate), Xandros, yopper, > and 10s more. The point > is that it is not a big deal for users I think that > RedHat stopped their Free > distribution, and gave it under the Fedora project. > > > Or should we switch to *BSD stuff (FreeBSD, > OpenBSD, or NetBSD) > > > > I am thinking about my web servers, mail servers, > IDS sensors, my own > > Desktop Laptop. > > > > Will Fedora satisfy our needs? > > Will it be stable, solid, and secure?? > > > > Is it easy to get and install patches and new > software?? > > I had not tried it yet, but from what I heard, it is > a continuation for the > RedHat 7, 8, 9 series. So it can be thought of > RedHat 10. Now as for the > security and stability that will probably be up to > the user administration. > Fedora will provide the latest programs as RPM > packages, if a user likes to > try every new release of a program such as (OpenSSH, > Apache, Kernel, and so) > he will be facing some threat. So good system > administration can make the > system secure. For those that does not know, if you > spend alot of time and > effort, and put really good skills, you can even > make Windows secure, believe > that is true. > > > Personally, I think *BSD will be good replacement > -if possible- for my > > critical mission systems. > > BSDs are known to be really good for Servers, no one > can argue with that. But > as for Home PCs users tend to like to have the > latest of everything, Latest > of KDE, Gnome, Mozilla, K3B, OpenOffice and so, that > to have that Linux is a > better option. > > > > Lets see the future developments. > > > > Regards, > > Suliman > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ====================================== > > > > ��� �������� ���� ����� ����� ��� ���� > > ���� �� ����� ���� ���� �������� > > > > ====================================== > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > Yahoo! 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