I wanted to draw attention to this thread over in linux-general:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...37#post1576137

What is the best free Redhat?

Reading the thread, (though not completely) but I understood, that RedHat 9 was probably the last distribution to be freely distributed Linux OS from RedHat.
Also, I wud consider Redhat 9 as the best and the free Linux O.S. with a bunch of really good software.

Redhat 9 was good, but its now dated. I think for me FC3 is the best free distro Redhat and fc4 looks like it'll be even better.

While I just skimmed the thread you linked to, you might try CentOS. It is very similar to FC3 but might be more suitable for a server-like enviorment.(atleast from my experiences with FC2, FC3 might be better).

Howzit

U can try and use whitebox which is based on the Enterprise verion of Redhat

cheers

Well, if we are including RHEL clones, then CentOS has got to be my favorite Redhat based distro.

The only free Red Hat ended with RH9. The Fedora Project is being used as a cutting edge test bed for future RHEL releases - and as such should not be used in a production environment. CentOS is based on Red Hat and is usable and stable enough for your systems.

Thanks for the posts.

I solved the problem when upgrading a kernel.

The different types of distros based on redhat systems is good advice. I would agree that FC# is really used for those who want to be on the cutting edge of technology and is not really stable enough for the server environment.

I have heard of CentOS and that is a good distro i will have a look into it thanks for the advice.

It is a shame redhat ditched development of the free linux distro and stuck to enterprise. I mean it would have been good to have seen RH 10.

Dave

hey, that's nice.... I have a very small request...

Please post a message with the stepwise detail of how did u go abt upgrading your kernel. Where u found the source, how downloaded and compiled it....

all details...
plz...If u dont mind...email it to me d_rosh2001@yahoo.co.in

I am expecting an user experience of upgrading a kernel!!!!

The Linux Kernel Archives for source.

Kernel-HOWTO from The Linux Documentation Project for instructions. Looks like they are working on a new document, but there are links to other locations for the HOWTO document.

Bill

maybe u will like this

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=73436

regards

The second part of the sentence has been made up by you. There is no such discouragement with regard to production use of Fedora Core. There are various target groups of Fedora Core for which the distribution just works. For others, the somewhat limited support life cycle may be the primary reason to not use FC on some types of servers, which cannot be upgraded easily after around a year.

That leading edge technology enters FC first, where it gets the chance to prove itself worthy to be included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is over-estimated. With its three public test releases prior to a final release, technology in Fedora Core is tested in a similar way like Red Hat Linux used to be with its Beta versions.

Hi,
I would say 7.3 is the best.
I still use it.