From: "Mike Vanecek" <fedoraleg_form@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > I had toyed with FC 2, but my RH 9 is running so good, why fix something not > broken. In general, that's not a bad viewponit. Unfortunately, the lack of people moving to the last ".2" (or ".3") revision in a series is one of the reasons why Red Hat Linux 6.2E was introduced and the eventual Red Hat Enterprise Linux product came about. Supporting 6+ updates simultaneously was too much to ask. You can read the "unofficial" story here: http://www.vaporwarelabs.com/files/temp/RH-Distribution-FAQ-4.html#ss4.3 In this regard, Fedora Core 1 (CL3.2) is actually the ".2" release whereas Red Hat Linux 9 (CL3.1) is a ".1" release -- as can be noted in the "unofficial" binary compatibility section of the same FAQ here: http://www.vaporwarelabs.com/files/temp/RH-Distribution-FAQ-3.html Adhering to this new model (which is just a return to the "original" model) will allow Red Hat and the Fedora Project to support distributions for a longer period of time with less, redundant effort as detailed in the "distribution updates" portion of the fact (comparing "old" v. "new"): http://www.vaporwarelabs.com/files/temp/RH-Distribution-FAQ-4.html For those that can't afford it, Red Hat provides 5 flavors of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with 5 years of guaranteed updates: $ 1,000+ RHEL AS: Advanced Server $ 349+ RHEL ES: Entry Server (? heard it meant something else) $ 179+ RHEL WS: Workstation $ 109 Red Hat Professional Workstation (shrink-wrapped RHEL WS) varies Red Hat Desktop (10 and 50 node RHEL WS "license packs") As far as RHEL v. Fedora Core from a 100% technical standpoint, we had this discussion on one of my local LUGs where I mentioned that things like centOS and White Box Enterprise Linux (WBEL) were rather redundant and only introduce the trademark issue back into the equation: http://mailman.jaxlug.org/pipermail/jaxlug-list/Week-of-Mon-20040816/011241.html [ FYI, JAXLUG, with rare exceptions like Art Wildman who works at NOAA and other people who have "production Linux networks" like myself," seems to be filled with anti-Red Hat enthusiasts and not many actual Linux users -- at least compared to other LUGs I'm on. The gentleman I had that thread with actually runs RHL, RHEL and is testing Fedora, and he and I had some good conversations off-list. ] Fedora was created for a good, community reason -- elimination of the real trademark issue that plagued Red Hat. Everything else is just looking past the "marketing" and "support" aspects. Support is really no different than with Red Hat Linux prior (other than certification and lack of RHN access, although UP2DATE still pulls from Red Hat ;-). -- Bryan -- Compatibility and update matrix of Red Hat(R) distributions: http://www.vaporwarelabs.com/files/temp/RH-Distribution-FAQ-3.html http://www.vaporwarelabs.com/files/temp/RH-Distribution-FAQ-4.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
