Can u tell me the latest version of red hat which i can install on my laptop

Whichever version you buy from RedHat!

From memory 6.5 is the latest.

No, because you don't bother to tell us anything about your laptop. If you want to know about RHEL, then you need to contact Red Hat sales, and ask them which version would be best for you.

RHEL is NOT suited for laptops, and never has been. It's made for SERVERS.

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most laptops might run it mostly well,mosy of the time for most programs and most things

notice the "MOSTLY" part

not all laptops will even boot the install dvd

RHEL is a server class os
that somewhat kind of "mostly mostly works" also on SOME laptops

Red Hat runs very well on many laptops/desktops, it is not *just* for servers.

Here is a list of supported/certified hardware: http://www.redhat.com/rhel/compatibility/hardware/

As for your "which version" question, that is best answered by Red Hat sales people. I imagine they will encourage you to purchase the current version.

[QUOTE=snowpine;5130121I imagine they will encourage you to purchase the current version.[/QUOTE]Last time I checked RH used a "channel" subscription method which gave access to all the versions under that channel, so you could (if you so desired) install 5.X or 6.X


Just me being pedantic

I agree, it *WILL* run on laptops/desktops, but it's not really DESIGNED for it. My main point to the OP was, if they were just starting out with Linux, they probably want to fiddle less with getting bluetooth/wifi/graphics to work, and more about learning how to do things. RHEL 6 doesn't even have a GUI by default.

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Agreed.

I don't consider Red Hat a "Desktop" OS. I consider it an Enterprise Server OS.


You can argue that it's a "Desktop" OS because it has X, but I disagree. Red Hat, IMO, does not sit around trying to make the GUI better for the end-user. They spend more of their time making sure it is a rock solid server.

If you go to their site, most of the enhancements are Cluster related, cloud related, etc... "Server Related."

You don't see Red Hat bragging about their badass gui and how nifty it is.

If you want Red Hat for a laptop/desktop, go with Fedora.

Nothing wrong with Fedora, I think it is an excellent choice for desktop/laptop end users.

I disagree however with the statement "Red Hat is not trying to make the GUI better" when in fact they are putting a LOT of effort into making Gnome 3 not suck for the upcoming RHEL 7 release.