RH9/ Fedora

[Nobody's Hero]

I have just set up 3 Linux RH9 servers, mostly for samba and apache. Is RH9 no longer supported? What does this mean to me with 3 new RH9 servers? Is there a RH10 now? What is Fedora? Is this supported ny HP. Do I need to upgrade to fedora?

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[Francisco J. Soler]

Hi,

Fedora (RH10) is no longer supported by RedHat, is the free version of Red Hat.

Now Redhat has Red Hat Advanced Server with full support.

I think (not sure) HP will support Advanced Server but not Fedora.

Frank.

[Nobody's Hero]

I am not sure that I understand your response. Is RH9 supported? Should I look into upgrading my RH9 systems. And if so, what would I upgrade to?

[Claudio Cilloni]

The Redhat distribution is now only a commercial distribution. You cannot get new redhat versions without pay.

Fedora is a new free distribution born from Redhat, and it is your natural upgrade for your RH9 installations.
I upgraded some rpm packages of my RH9 using Fedora Core 1 CDs. It works fine.
Maybe it could be a good idea for you to re-install using Fedora if you have just set up your linex boxes.

Ciao
Claudio

[Nobody's Hero]

Thanks claudio. So is fedora like RH10?

[Claudio Cilloni]

As far as I know, the Fedora development team work with a tight contact with Redhat development team, but Redhat will project its distribution thinking to its commercial porpouses and Fedora will go for open-source and free distribution. I don't know if these two distributions are on parallel paths or (little) divergent path.

I think that, now, you can think about Fedora like RH10.

hth,
Claudio

[Roberto Polli]

If you need support for your hardware (eg hp proliant stuffs) better not change rh9 ( for my number crunching machines I've a rh8 which is almost good).
For samba and apache + particular hardware I think you could upgrade them from rpm because fedora tools may be not integrable with HP Proliant Support PAck.
If you have uncertified hardware upgrade to Fedora by cd/dvd and enjoy (i found anyway that fedora tools for sysmgmt are not so stable...)

Peace, R.

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

Robert,

There is no RH Linux 10; you can see Fedora Project as replacement for RH Linux. [for now we have Fedora Core 2 test 2, release will be released soon].

I recommend you RHEL for production enviroment because:
- RHEL is sertificed against major HW [IBM/HP/Dell] and SW [Oracle, etc...] vendors
- RHEL is supported for 5 years and RHL/Fedora for only 1 year

See http://www.redhat.com/software/rhelorfedora/ for Fedora vs. RHEL table.

[Steven E. Protter]

I've done Fedora Core 1 installation and Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 and 3.0 server.

The installations are so alike that you can forget what you are installing. The technology gets tested in Fedora and then it magically finds its way into the Red Hat supported versions.

Its not like running beta code. Fedora Core 1 is Red Hat 10 under another name. My opinion. It is production code.

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[Andrew Cowan]

The only problem that I have had with Fedora has been the Alcatel Speedtouch drivers. They worked fine with Redhat 9.0, but stopped as soon as I upgraded.

I have also seen reports of problems eith DHCPd in Fedora Core 2, but have yet to try it myself.

[Martin P.J. Zinser · Accepted solution]

Hello Robert,

it all depends on your needs ;-) Redhat 9 came for free and if you want to stay with that cost model your upgrade path is Fedora, which is the successor to the free Redhat offerings (see http://fedora.redhat.com/ ) . You still can report bugs and problems via a community process, but there are no guranteed response/fixit times. If you do need support from Redhat, buy one of their Enterprise Linux products (see http://www.redhat.com/software/ , which also has a link to a discussion of which of Fedora or ES is "right" for you). If you need support from hp, you are stuck with whatever they are willing to go with.

Greetings, Martin

[Sylvain_7]

Hi,

For those who want to stay with a RH 8.0 and RH 9.0 up to date, the company Progeny offering a software updates support for Redhat distributions through 2005

The price to get the updates is not really expensive (5$/machine or 2500$ unlimited machines).

For more information :

http://www.progeny.com/