On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 01:50:14PM -0500, hanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I have a dual boot that was windows / RH7.2 computer > the RH7.2 was used for firewall masquerade and pppd as an > internet gateway. Unfortunately the keyboard port died so > I have to replace it. I am not sure I still have all the > cds with the patches around so. Would people recommend > installing fedora core, RHEL, somethingelse ? Can you > buy box set of redhat these day office depot used to carry > them but they didn't have them when I was in today and > I have dial up. What you had before was an unsupported release so I assume you're comfortable with that and don't need to pay for a support contract. That means that you could survive with either Fedora Core or a distribution based on the RHEL sources. Personally, I'd go with something like this - it has the expected long-term lifespan of RHEL and doesn't change as often. It's not leading edge, but then it's not bleeding edge like Fedora Core is. Red Hat doesn't have a product any more that's in the middle like Red Hat Professional Workstation. Fedora Core will get you frequent updates for both patches and features but with a dial-up, it could be a bit painful unless you really strip the package list. With a RHEL source-based distribution, you'll minimize the frequency of updates. It won't be RHEL - it won't have the ISV support (and in fact, some 3rd party applications like Oracle may not even install), but it should do what you want. -- Ed Wilts, RHCE Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
