Differences between RHEL and Fedora 8?

[Keith Roberts]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Rahul Sundaram wrote:

> To: Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net>,
>     For testers of Fedora Core development releases
>     <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> From: Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org>
> Subject: Re: Differences between RHEL and Fedora 8?
> 
> Keith Roberts wrote:
>
>> So are you saying that the Fedora release is the testing ground for 
>> RHEL, by approx 1 year ahead of the RHEL releases?
>
> Fedora is upstream for RHEL (ie) RHEL is a derivative distribution of 
> Fedora and every third release of Fedora or so is the basis of the 
> subsequent RHEL release too. The exact time period varies. Fedora 
> releases are 6 months apart and RHEL releases are 12 to 18 months apart 
> from each other.
>
>> So if I learn Fedora Linux administration, would that cover me for 
>> passing RHCE exams?
>
> Not really, no. You probably want RHEL or a rebuild of it.
>
> Rahul

Thankyou for that Rahul. Can I download RHEL and use that 
on my own machine at home without having to pay for a 
license?

Regards

Keith

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