Well, what does EOL really mean? It just means, that RH is no longer making new updates for things which might be broken or pose a security risk. If you do not care about those issues, I guess, it's pretty safe to continue to use the product, until you come across something better suited. I have no plans of abandoning RH9 on my servers for now. If I see something, I need to fix, because it potentially lets an intruder hack my machine, I can always download the package source for XYZ distro, build my own arch-dependant rpm and install that on all my servers. Some packages, such as PostgreSQL, PHP and Apache, I build from tar balls anyway, since the current RH9 versions are ancient. Best regards, Chris <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%>"Matthew Saltzman" <mjs@ces.clemson.edu> Sent by: <fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com> 04/12/2004 02:58 PM <table border> <tr valign=top> <td bgcolor=white> <div align=center>Please respond to "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@redhat.com></div></table> <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr> <td> <div align=right>To</div> <td valign=top>"For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@redhat.com> <tr> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td valign=top> <tr> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td valign=top>Re: RH rips again Was: extend EOL for Red Hat Linux 9?</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> <tt>On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Mark A. Hoover wrote: > > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:24:16 -0600 > > From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@simpaticus.com> > > > > So you get essentially a free upgrade to the Enterprise line. Whether or > > not you agree, it is at least clear that Red Hat attempted to compensate > > you (with something that they consider even better than what you already > > had) and did not try to "rip you off." > > While not the original poster, I would argue that depending on your use of > RedHat 9 (or earlier) that RHWS is not an upgrade as the last time I > looked at the RHWS package list it did not include Apache, Bind, or many > of the other common server daemons. Includes apache, sendmail, samba, nfs. Does not include amanda-server, arptables_jf, bind, caching-nameserver, dhcp, freeradius, inews, inn, krb5-server, netdump-server, openldap-servers, pxe, quagga, radvd, rarpd, redhat-config-bind, redhat-config-netboot, tftp-server, tux, vsftpd, ypserv. Some things are just plain gone (mailman, some *-devel packages, and some others), and some have been moved to the Extras channel (SQL servers, e.g.). Most of the not-included ones are not really necessary for a workstation (although I'd miss bind and caching-nameserver on my laptop). If you want server capability and you don't want to pay RHES prices or get RHES service (and you're not an academic), then you want Fedora Core or Whitebox or one of the other RHEL clones. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list </tt>