On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:54:01 +1100, you wrote: >Hi, does anyone know what happened to RedHat, its mailing list and >forum?
They are all still available through the Red Hat website. You can also check out http://fedora.redhat.com for more info about the new distribution Red Hat is putting out. >Haven't used it for a while and it seems they are no more. >Also, I run JVM and TC4 on RH7.1 kernel 2.4.2 and thinking about RH9, >but someone said that's the last version and there won't be a >*stability* version coming out after that. Red Hat is splitting into 2 product lines: 1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Available on a subscription bases in both Workstation and Server versions. Errata updates available for 5 years after release. While Red Hat does not offer binary releases of the Enterprise Line for download they do go beyond the package license requirements and offer the source RPMS for download is you can if you desire simply compile them to create your own version. 2) Fedora Linux. This is the replacement for the old Red Hat Linux line, and Fedora Core 1 is equivalent to Red Hat 10 (the testing process for FC1 actually started out as the beta for RH10). There are 3 big changes with Fedora: a) the name. Purpose of this is to allow for 3rd parties to make cd's, etc and distribute them (trademark law prohibited 3rd party making of Red Hat cdroms and calling them Red Hat when selling them). b) they will be a lot more aggressive in adding in new software/releases on a more flexible schedule (ie. releases won't necessarily be 6 months apart anymore, they will be determined by developments in the Linux community and not on shifting boxes in the retail channel. This means that binary compatibility between releases is no longer guaranteed. c) given b) support for bug fixes is dramatically shortened. While Red Hat 7.* lasted for years support is now for 3 months after the following release of Fedora. So support for Fedora Core 1 will end 3 months after the release of Fedora Core 2. This makes Fedora unsuitable for most commercial uses. >Also, rumour has it RH8 is full of bugs ? Can someone share their >experience please ? Red Hat 8 errata ends at the end of December and so should not even be considered. The big change in Red Hat 8 that caused some minor problems for some people was the move to gcc 3.2 Red Hat 9 has errata support until end of March 2004 and is very similar to Red Hat 8 (major change was the addition of NPTL). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
