Hi, Depending on what you want the server to do, you might consider RH Professional Workstation. It's relatively inexpensive, < $100, and can run web, samba, nfs, etc. Small investment for a stable platform. Bill On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 10:21, Andre Costa wrote: > Hi, > > this might be slightly OT; if there's a better place to discuss this, > just let me know. > > I am considering buying a RHEL license for one server, but I am a little > concerned about what might happen if I decide not to renew the > subscription after it expires. > > I know RHEL sources are public, so theoretically I could live on by > manually updating the system, since I would lose RHN access (I know > there are apt-get repos like Dag Wieer's, which would make things a lot > easier). However, is this advisable at all? Anyone out there been on > this situation? > > If I come to the conclusion that a full reinstall will be necessary if I > ever drop RHEL, this might influence the decision of trying RHEL. > > TIA > > Andre > > -- > Andre Oliveira da Costa >