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From: Lou on 7 Mar 2007 03:54 I want to use Redhat SE and AS (both workstation and server) to learn details of administering redhat machines. I've searched the redhat site but I can't seem to download any actual redhat product without having to buy it. This is for a job which I don't yet have, so shelling out 139 bucks is nearly impossible and 349$ is totally impossible, and so is 1399$ (might as well be one the moon). Now I understand there is Fedora, but the redhat site keeps saying Fedora is for users who want bleeding edge, etc. What I want is exactly the software I would be working with, not different versions, etc. I don't expect support, infact support would be the exact opposite of why I want to use it. How do I get this genuine redhat stuff?
From: Bruce Coryell on 7 Mar 2007 06:28 Lou wrote: > I want to use Redhat SE and AS (both workstation and server) to learn > details of administering redhat machines. I've searched the redhat > site but I can't seem to download any actual redhat product without > having to buy it. This is for a job which I don't yet have, so > shelling out 139 bucks is nearly impossible and 349$ is totally > impossible, and so is 1399$ (might as well be one the moon). Now I > understand there is Fedora, but the redhat site keeps saying Fedora is > for users who want bleeding edge, etc. What I want is exactly the > software I would be working with, not different versions, etc. I don't > expect support, infact support would be the exact opposite of why I > want to use it. How do I get this genuine redhat stuff? > Pick up CentOS 4.4 at cheapbytes.com for about 6 bucks. It has full enterprise and server capabilities, and is based on the community release of Red Hat. I've found it to be a good alternative to Fedora.
From: dold on 7 Mar 2007 15:36 Lou <lhengist(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > I want to use Redhat SE and AS (both workstation and server) to learn > details of administering redhat machines. I've searched the redhat > site but I can't seem to download any actual redhat product without > having to buy it. Fedora is probably close enough for most initial learning purposes. Or, http://www.centos.org/ "CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor." -- --- Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5
From: Lou on 8 Mar 2007 01:01 On Mar 7, 3:36 pm, d...(a)01.usenet.us.com wrote: > Lou <lheng...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > I want to use Redhat SE and AS (both workstation and server) to learn > > details of administering redhat machines. I've searched the redhat > > site but I can't seem to download any actual redhat product without > > having to buy it. > > Fedora is probably close enough for most initial learning purposes. > > Or,http://www.centos.org/ > "CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources > freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise > Linux vendor." > > -- > --- > Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5 I part of it will be porting software, so I need same libs, etc.
From: Lou on 8 Mar 2007 01:05
On Mar 7, 6:28 am, Bruce Coryell <bcory...(a)chesco.com> wrote: > Lou wrote: > > I want to use Redhat SE and AS (both workstation and server) to learn > > details of administering redhat machines. I've searched the redhat > > site but I can't seem to download any actual redhat product without > > having to buy it. This is for a job which I don't yet have, so > > shelling out 139 bucks is nearly impossible and 349$ is totally > > impossible, and so is 1399$ (might as well be one the moon). Now I > > understand there is Fedora, but the redhat site keeps saying Fedora is > > for users who want bleeding edge, etc. What I want is exactly the > > software I would be working with, not different versions, etc. I don't > > expect support, infact support would be the exact opposite of why I > > want to use it. How do I get this genuine redhat stuff? > > Pick up CentOS 4.4 at cheapbytes.com for about 6 bucks. It has full > enterprise and server capabilities, and is based on the community > release of Red Hat. I've found it to be a good alternative to Fedora. I found centOS, but I couldn't figure out if the releases are exactly matches for the different redhat versions, the main one I would be using is AS 4.0. The CentOS site mostly talks about it being the same, except for the Redhat branding being removed. But I only see one release while redhat has several flavors. Its the exact flavors I need to know about. |