Hi,

I installed the Fedora Core 4 successfully and the computer is up and running with no problems

Well I just need to know what is the difference between the Fedora Core 4 when u installed with server option and the RHEL 4 (Redhat enterprise Linux )

Thanks

It is more of a question of what is the difference between RHEL and FC. Apache, MySQL, DNS, etc servers still have the same functionality in FC as they do with RH, however you may find the newer versions in FC updates, as FC is more bleeding edge(major updates every 6 months) and RHEL is a balance of experienced stability and the newest technologies(major updates every year and a half). Also you can pay for Support in RHEL in case your server has issues, whereas FC users would rely on the online community such as this forum.

http://www.fedorafaq.org/#fedorarhel
http://www.redhat.com/en_us/USA/rhel...te/whichlinux/

Some companies still choose FC for their server technologies as it is still very stable, but RHEL is considered a little more stable. FC is sort of like a testing env for RHEL.

Note: I do not have any experience with RHEL

Thanks for the detailed information i was just curious to know why woud we install RHEL if we can install Fedora 4 with server which is free but as us said it is more stable makes sense

can u suggest me a good link to setup network in linux

All packages can be installed either from the FC4 cd's 'system-config-packages' as root, or yum install. You may only have installed the clients and may need the servers for mySQL etc. When you say set up a server there are many types of servers ...

Samba - File and Printer Sharing (linux, windows, Mac)
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...nd_running_NOW
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...k_File_Sharing

Apache - Web server
Just do a 'service httpd start' as root and then put html files in your /var/www/html folder. You can then view your webpage from your local network in http://192.168.x.x

NFS - Network File Server (Unix)
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...rking/Easy_NFS

DHCP - DHCP Server
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...P_Server_Howto

DNS - DNS Server
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/..._Small_Subnets

mySQL - Database Server
Just type
mySQL -u root -p in a terminal to have access

etc.

Thanks for the nice explanation well i was under impression that installing FC with server option will install all the servers (Apache.. etc)

u actually need to install it from root with system-config-packages

how will u go about setting up a network say one main computer and 2 workstation with linux FC4

is there any article or manual on the internet to start with if u know one

Thanks again

When you install FC you are prompted for various packages to install or you could have chosen Default or typical Personnel Computer packages. So yes and no, it would not make much sense for everybody to have a Mail Server installed or a DHCP server installed as these are not very typical of home computing.

I take it you are just looking for file sharing. If that is the case, Follow the Samba Howto's from the links above if you plan on sharing files between linux and windows. It is a very easy to setup, however many people have troubles their first time doing it, and that is where LinuxQuestions comes in as there is a Samba troubleshooting question that somebody asks almost daily.