Question about the difference between Red Hat Enterprise and Fedora.

fedoralinuxjunkie · 06-23-2008, 11:44 PM

hey guys, this is going to sound stupid possibly, but what's the difference between RHEL and Fedora? Besides RHEL being commercial, not free, and server oriented? I'm thinking about becoming RHCT/RHCE certified soon, and I was just wondering if Fedora would fulfill the requirements of helping me to get my RHCT/RHCE certification. thanks

custangro · 06-23-2008, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by fedoralinuxjunkie

hey guys, this is going to sound stupid possibly, but what's the difference between RHEL and Fedora? Besides RHEL being commercial, not free, and server oriented? I'm thinking about becoming RHCT/RHCE certified soon, and I was just wondering if Fedora would fulfill the requirements of helping me to get my RHCT/RHCE certification. thanks

If you are planning on taking your RHCT/RHCE you can use CentOS ( http://centos.org )...but to be completely honest. I recommend buying the Acidemic Version of Red Hat http://www.redhat.com/solutions/education/academic/

It is only $60 (USD)...and if you are already spending money on the test, books, training material...why not spend the extra $60 and work with the "real thing"...

Just my oppinion

fedoralinuxjunkie · 06-23-2008, 11:56 PM

i just tried CentOS actually, i couldn't get my wireless card to work in it

billymayday · 06-23-2008, 11:57 PM

Fedora is a RH sponsored open source community project that, as much as anything, is a test bed for RH. Hence the current RHEL5 is based largely on FC6. We are now at Fedora 9.

ps - I think the acidemic version is only available at Berkley

(little joke there)

Edit - since CentOS really is RH unbadged and re-compiled, you'll have the same issue there. Perhaps look at resolving that issue first.

fedoralinuxjunkie · 06-24-2008, 12:00 AM

I honestly don't know what to do...I love CentOS, and I used on another desktop in my pre-wireless days, but i bought a new Dell not too long ago, and i can't get my Linksys WMP54G (with RaLink RT2561/RT61 chipset) to work in CentOS...I've tried both ndiswrapper and compiling the RaLink driver...nothing worked

billymayday · 06-24-2008, 12:07 AM

Can't help you there, but here's yet another howto for you if you want

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-...-pci-card.html

Looked pretty detailed

fedoralinuxjunkie · 06-24-2008, 12:08 AM

thanks billy, i'll reinstall CentOS tomorrow morning and give that a try, then post back with the results. thanks again

custangro · 06-24-2008, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by billymayday

ps - I think the acidemic version is only available at Berkley

(little joke there)

That's funny

Actually; I got the academic version...and I go to one of those crappy technical colleges

It's worth looking into however...

My

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fedoralinuxjunkie · 06-24-2008, 03:30 PM

hey billy,

followed that tutorial you gave me last night, everythings working now

. thanks alot