RedHat Professional Workstation

Mon Nov 24 08:14:22 UTC 2003

So, is a dead-end product? If so, why sell it in the first place? I
realize that RedHat is pushing the Enterprise line... Heck, I've pushing
it on the job. But, could I, in good faith, or should I recommend RHPWS
to anyone looking for a "boxed set" version of RedHat Linux? If not,
then why is it on the sore shelves?

Marcus O.

On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 01:56, Chris Kloiber wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 05:14, Marcus O. White wrote:
> > G'day All,
> > 
> > Yes, I realize that this is "Fedora Core" list... What is the real deal
> > with RedHat Professional Workstation? So far I've only gotten
> > confused... I've heard that it is the consumer retail version of the
> > RHEL WS... And it is not fully supported... Then I hear that it is
> > supported... Then there is the one that if you do install it then one
> > cannot upgrade it to whatever follows... Almost sounds like M$ Windows
> > ME... Please someone clue me in... BTW, I happened to see the boxed set
> > at Best Buy for $99 and the Kernel is 2.4.21...
> > 
> > Marcus O.
> 
> Here's what the website has to say about Red Hat Professional
> Workstation:
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/software/workstation/