Hi everydoby, I have been Redhat Linux fan since version 6.
When i read the news about Red Hat is not going
to release another version (i.e. Red Hat 9.1 or 10),
I felt dissapointed at first, but then I realize that
this is the only way of this company to survive. I am evaluating moving from Red Hat 9 to other distributions,
and almost all my linux-friends advice me to choose Debian or Gentoo (Of course, they have only used these distributions).
But if the differences between Fedora and Redhat 9 are minimal,
I would choose Fedora ...
So , I ask you , which are the major differences between Redhat 9 and Fedora distribution Project?
Most of the differences I've found so far are small. Others on this list have clearly been having diffulties. Some packages with unclear licensing (such as Pine) have been removed. Some upgrades to not-yet-official package (Samba, for instance) have been implemented.
I think it's early in the game to say what Fedora will become. Right now it's very closely linked with RedHat (but with the advantages of
YUM and apt-get.) I've only set up my won workstation. Time will tell if this is stable as a server. But I've found 6, 7, 8, and 9 of
RedHat all worked for us as servers, despite threads to the contrary
here. We know many Debian installations that work jsut fine. Sometimes the choice is really among many good things. So many Linuces
(what's the plural?)/ so little time.
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