On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 09:24:23AM -0700, Justin Zygmont wrote: > Barry Brimer wrote: > >>Hi, > >> I would appreciate if someone could tell me whats the cheapest way > >>to buy RHEL AS 4 without subscribing for any support.Thanks for any help. > > > >Red Hat does not sell RHEL without support. I recommend that you look > >into CentOS <http://www.centos.org> It is rebuilt from RHEL sources, and > >is very high quality. Simply put, it is the closest to RHEL as you can > >get without paying for it. The CentOS team rebuilds all updates > >provided by Red Hat, which in short means that CentOS releases are > >supported for 7 years, just like RHEL. > > > >Hope this helps. > > > >Barry > > > You don't want centos if you know whats good for you, its just a hack, > they have nothing to do with redhat. If you want redhat linux, then use > redhat linux and you'll have less problems later. You can get RHEL with > the basic subscription or just take the 30 day trial for free, you can > still use it, just no updates. > CentOS is far from a hack. It's basically a RH clone built from Red Hat's own SRPM files with the copyrights removed. A lot of development and bug finding finds its way upstream to RH from CentOS, so there's certainly a benefit to the community overall. There are many reasons to choose RH over CentOS, but CentOS being a "hack" is not one of them. Ray -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
