www.fedora.us has a legacy program to release security only releases, no other updates. they're still supporting pre 8.0 releases. -d > Well, what does EOL really mean? It just means, that RH is no longer > making new updates for things which might be broken or pose a security > risk. If you do not care about those issues, I guess, it's pretty safe > to continue to use the product, until you come across something better > suited. I have no plans of abandoning RH9 on my servers for now. If I > see something, I need to fix, because it potentially lets an intruder > hack my machine, I can always download the package source for XYZ > distro, build my own arch-dependant rpm and install that on all my > servers. > Some packages, such as PostgreSQL, PHP and Apache, I build from tar > balls anyway, since the current RH9 versions are ancient. > > Best regards, > Chris > > > > > > > "Matthew Saltzman" <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent by: <fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> > 04/12/2004 02:58 PM > Please respond to > "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > To > "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > cc > > Subject > Re: RH rips again Was: extend EOL for Red Hat Linux 9? > > > > > > > On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Mark A. Hoover wrote: > >> > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:24:16 -0600 >> > From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > >> > So you get essentially a free upgrade to the Enterprise line. >> Whether > or >> > not you agree, it is at least clear that Red Hat attempted to > compensate >> > you (with something that they consider even better than what you > already >> > had) and did not try to "rip you off." >> >> While not the original poster, I would argue that depending on your >> use > of >> RedHat 9 (or earlier) that RHWS is not an upgrade as the last time I >> looked at the RHWS package list it did not include Apache, Bind, or >> many of the other common server daemons. > > Includes apache, sendmail, samba, nfs. Does not include amanda-server, > arptables_jf, bind, caching-nameserver, dhcp, freeradius, inews, inn, > krb5-server, netdump-server, openldap-servers, pxe, quagga, radvd, > rarpd, redhat-config-bind, redhat-config-netboot, tftp-server, tux, > vsftpd, ypserv. > > Some things are just plain gone (mailman, some *-devel packages, and > some others), and some have been moved to the Extras channel (SQL > servers, e.g.). > > Most of the not-included ones are not really necessary for a workstation > (although I'd miss bind and caching-nameserver on my laptop). > > If you want server capability and you don't want to pay RHES prices or > get RHES service (and you're not an academic), then you want Fedora Core > or Whitebox or one of the other RHEL clones. > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -+(duncan brown -+(duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -+(http://www.linuxadvocate.net Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. -- George Eliot
