wesley wrote:
quote:

> However, I believe I have until April, 2004 to see how things develop with
> the Fedora distributions and whether I should upgrade my RH9 boxes to
> Fedora or simply switch distributions. As such, I feel no particular need
> to shout or make any quick decisions. However, it is their company to run
> as they see fit, and it is my choice whether to use their products or not.
> Certainly plenty of Linux alternatives if I don't like how things turn out
> with Fedora.


Even if I don't use Fedora (moved to another distro, but this has more to do
with decissions made by RedHat with the Rh8 release) I can say that Fedora i
s
in line with earlier RedHat releases.
99% of the code base that is used in Fedora comes from the last RedHat beta
and from the RawHide RPM collection (experimental RedHat RPMs).
Among the Fedora developers, you will find quite many RedHat employees and
RedHat does contribute to the development of Fedora, so important changes th
at
are made to make the Redhat enterprise editions faster more stable will appe
ar
in Fedora, patches that RedHat makes will appear in Fedora (in the same ways
as it was in RedHat X.Y).
Stuff that the Fedora developers makes, can appear in the Redhat enterprise
edition.

So mergin with the Fedora project, increases the number of developers, chang
es
the name of the home edition line.

If you like the RedHat8/9, then Fedora is the natrual way to go. If you don'
t
like the RedHat8/9, then check for other distros or make your own.


//Aho

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wesley wrote:
quote:

> However, I believe I have until April, 2004 to see how things develop with
> the Fedora distributions and whether I should upgrade my RH9 boxes to
> Fedora or simply switch distributions. As such, I feel no particular need
> to shout or make any quick decisions. However, it is their company to run
> as they see fit, and it is my choice whether to use their products or not.
> Certainly plenty of Linux alternatives if I don't like how things turn out
> with Fedora.


Even if I don't use Fedora (moved to another distro, but this has more to do
with decissions made by RedHat with the Rh8 release) I can say that Fedora i
s
in line with earlier RedHat releases.
99% of the code base that is used in Fedora comes from the last RedHat beta
and from the RawHide RPM collection (experimental RedHat RPMs).
Among the Fedora developers, you will find quite many RedHat employees and
RedHat does contribute to the development of Fedora, so important changes th
at
are made to make the Redhat enterprise editions faster more stable will appe
ar
in Fedora, patches that RedHat makes will appear in Fedora (in the same ways
as it was in RedHat X.Y).
Stuff that the Fedora developers makes, can appear in the Redhat enterprise
edition.

So mergin with the Fedora project, increases the number of developers, chang
es
the name of the home edition line.

If you like the RedHat8/9, then Fedora is the natrual way to go. If you don'
t
like the RedHat8/9, then check for other distros or make your own.


//Aho

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wesley wrote:
quote:

> However, I believe I have until April, 2004 to see how things develop with
> the Fedora distributions and whether I should upgrade my RH9 boxes to
> Fedora or simply switch distributions. As such, I feel no particular need
> to shout or make any quick decisions. However, it is their company to run
> as they see fit, and it is my choice whether to use their products or not.
> Certainly plenty of Linux alternatives if I don't like how things turn out
> with Fedora.


Even if I don't use Fedora (moved to another distro, but this has more to do
with decissions made by RedHat with the Rh8 release) I can say that Fedora i
s
in line with earlier RedHat releases.
99% of the code base that is used in Fedora comes from the last RedHat beta
and from the RawHide RPM collection (experimental RedHat RPMs).
Among the Fedora developers, you will find quite many RedHat employees and
RedHat does contribute to the development of Fedora, so important changes th
at
are made to make the Redhat enterprise editions faster more stable will appe
ar
in Fedora, patches that RedHat makes will appear in Fedora (in the same ways
as it was in RedHat X.Y).
Stuff that the Fedora developers makes, can appear in the Redhat enterprise
edition.

So mergin with the Fedora project, increases the number of developers, chang
es
the name of the home edition line.

If you like the RedHat8/9, then Fedora is the natrual way to go. If you don'
t
like the RedHat8/9, then check for other distros or make your own.


//Aho

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wesley wrote:
quote:

> However, I believe I have until April, 2004 to see how things develop with
> the Fedora distributions and whether I should upgrade my RH9 boxes to
> Fedora or simply switch distributions. As such, I feel no particular need
> to shout or make any quick decisions. However, it is their company to run
> as they see fit, and it is my choice whether to use their products or not.
> Certainly plenty of Linux alternatives if I don't like how things turn out
> with Fedora.


Even if I don't use Fedora (moved to another distro, but this has more to do
with decissions made by RedHat with the Rh8 release) I can say that Fedora i
s
in line with earlier RedHat releases.
99% of the code base that is used in Fedora comes from the last RedHat beta
and from the RawHide RPM collection (experimental RedHat RPMs).
Among the Fedora developers, you will find quite many RedHat employees and
RedHat does contribute to the development of Fedora, so important changes th
at
are made to make the Redhat enterprise editions faster more stable will appe
ar
in Fedora, patches that RedHat makes will appear in Fedora (in the same ways
as it was in RedHat X.Y).
Stuff that the Fedora developers makes, can appear in the Redhat enterprise
edition.

So mergin with the Fedora project, increases the number of developers, chang
es
the name of the home edition line.

If you like the RedHat8/9, then Fedora is the natrual way to go. If you don'
t
like the RedHat8/9, then check for other distros or make your own.


//Aho

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wesley wrote:
quote:

> However, I believe I have until April, 2004 to see how things develop with
> the Fedora distributions and whether I should upgrade my RH9 boxes to
> Fedora or simply switch distributions. As such, I feel no particular need
> to shout or make any quick decisions. However, it is their company to run
> as they see fit, and it is my choice whether to use their products or not.
> Certainly plenty of Linux alternatives if I don't like how things turn out
> with Fedora.


Even if I don't use Fedora (moved to another distro, but this has more to do
with decissions made by RedHat with the Rh8 release) I can say that Fedora i
s
in line with earlier RedHat releases.
99% of the code base that is used in Fedora comes from the last RedHat beta
and from the RawHide RPM collection (experimental RedHat RPMs).
Among the Fedora developers, you will find quite many RedHat employees and
RedHat does contribute to the development of Fedora, so important changes th
at
are made to make the Redhat enterprise editions faster more stable will appe
ar
in Fedora, patches that RedHat makes will appear in Fedora (in the same ways
as it was in RedHat X.Y).
Stuff that the Fedora developers makes, can appear in the Redhat enterprise
edition.

So mergin with the Fedora project, increases the number of developers, chang
es
the name of the home edition line.

If you like the RedHat8/9, then Fedora is the natrual way to go. If you don'
t
like the RedHat8/9, then check for other distros or make your own.


//Aho

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