m.marien wrote:
> "Roger" <roger@no_thanks.com> wrote in message
> news:XQH6d.21596$QJ3.5231@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> 
>
> I think you can. Just download the source from ftp.redhat.com and you
> can compile your own RHEL. However, the support that RH sells is
> packaging it with a manual, CDs, painless install procedure and hotline
> to call when you need help.

Not only that, but included in the price is a Red Hat Network subscription
and up2date program that gets security and bug-fix updates as fast as Red
Hat can prepare them. I find that this, alone, is sufficient reason to go
with RHEL 3. Someone must pay Red Hat to get those updates put in and tested.
>
> Fedora on the other hand is a permanent BETA for RHEL, and as the web
> site states there are new releases several times a year. IMHO I think
> it's great. I get something new to play with every couple of months and
> when the bugs are worked out corporate america gets a rock solid Linux
> - with support.
>
Right, and I, who do not want "something new to play with every couple of
months" but something that just stays up and runs.

My uptime below is so low because I deleted and added a partition to a
hard drive, and I have not figured out the right way to get the partition
table updated so I could format and use the new partition other than by
rebooting. It looks like fdisk does this, but it does not. My old machine,
running RHL 7.3 was up over 180 days and would still be up, but a power
failure of 2.5 hours was longer than the UPSs on these machines could
handle, so they did controlled shutdowns. This one has 68 minutes reserve,
but is programmed to power down after an hour. I keep an eye on that, and
will reduce it as the battery capacity diminishes with age.


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