Beginner questiions

[Sharon Kimble]

Mezei Zoltan wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I manage a small number of server (oracle, mysql, postgresql, apache,
> pure-ftpd, firewall, postfix, squid, bind) with RHEL installed on them.
> However the licenses will finish in 2 months and now I find a
> replacement for the distribution.
> 
> My questions are:
> 1. Will fedora core 3 run oracle flawlessly? Yes, I know there is no
> oracle support if I use fedora but a perfect working is enough for me.
> 2. Are the above listed software available in fedora?
> 3. How can I migrate my existing systems from RHEL to fedora? Can I do
> it without uninstalling?
> 4. I have a HA cluster set up. Is there a HA cluster soltuion in fedora
> too?
> 
> If I could do these I would have some more specific questions :-)

Why not try 'White Box Enterprise Linux', which uses the same sources as
RHEL? You can find it at http://www.whiteboxlinux.org/ and it has a mail
list too at http://beau.org/mailman/listinfo/whitebox-users.

Its a good solid distrobution that I've used in the past.

Hope this helps?

Sharon.
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