new to redhat

[Johan Scheepers]

On 16/11/2010 21:21, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 11/16/2010 10:28 AM, Johan Scheepers wrote:
>> Good day,
>>
>> I have ordered some RH 9 cd's.
>
> Red Hat 9 went end-of-life about four years ago, Johan.  You really
> need to go with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5 or 6.0.
>
> CentOS is also a good bet, as it's built from Red Hat's source RPMs and
> is, essentially, identical (except for some branding, logos, etc.).
> The kicker is...it's free!  The only caveat is that there's a bit of a
> lag between any updates from Red Hat and having them appear on CentOS
> (as the CentOS gang has to grab the source code, change the branding
> and stuff and rebuild them).
>
>> Done some home work on google.
>> Some knowledge of debian squeeze and opensuse 11.3.
>>
>> Being a pensionar I do have the time to fiddle around with different
>> distros.
>
> The "experimental hamster" for Red Hat is called "Fedora".  That's
> where all the heavy development is done.  The latest RHEL 6 is based on
> Fedora 12.  The previous RHEL 5 was based on Fedora 6.  The current
> Fedora release is Fedora 14 (just came out a few weeks ago) and there
> are still some teething pains with it.
>
> If you want the latest, get Fedora 14.  Depending on your level of pain
> tolerance, you may want to go with the more stable Fedora 13.  If you
> want TRUE stability, stick with RHEL or CentOS.
>
>> May need some assistance along the redhat way.
>
> I've been using all of them for about 15 years and I can help if needed.
> I'm also an assistant sysop for this forum, but you'll find me on the
> Fedora user's list (users at lists.fedora.org) or the Fedora test list
> (test at lists.fedora.org).
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Thanks.
Busy downloading fedora 14 iso for cd.
subscribed to users and laptop.
Regards
Johan