Fedora Core, Red Hat???

tpark · 01-04-2004, 01:47 PM

I currently hve Red Hat 9 installed in my comp.
One of my friend said one day that I should install "Fedora Core"

I know it is free, i never tried it. I don't know. What's the difference?

-Tom-

Romulus · 01-06-2004, 12:56 AM

Fedora Core 1.0 (Yarrow) was released on 6th November 2003. Improvements over Red Hat Linux 9 include automated updates with yum, improved laptop support (ACPI, cpufreq) and faster program start time (prelinking).
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YUM is...
Yellow Dog Updater, Modified, yum for short, is a package manager for RPM Package Manager compatible Linux systems.

Its main advantages over the RPM version of the Advanced Packaging Tool apt are

Smaller codebase
Better dependency handling

Yum will likely become the standard tool for updating Red Hat Linux / Fedora Linux.
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Personally I heard about it recently and the Red Hat series is being abandoned for Fedora so go for it.

Emily · 01-06-2004, 01:43 AM

Isn't there a choice of installations on Redhat, but you can only install as a workstation on Fedora? That's what someone told me... I think... unless I dreamed it. But I'm pretty sure someone told me that.

mikesgroovin · 01-06-2004, 01:53 AM

belie 'dat

-Mike

gruntwerk · 01-06-2004, 11:59 AM

against my better judgement - (*simply because I am thinking about switching distros...*) - redhat really has ticked people off this time... - Not gonna go there.. On to the details -
RedHat wont be putting out updates for RedHat Linux in the future... If you want to get updates 'easily' in the future, you'll hafta upgrade or change distros....

Take the plunge...

Quantum · 01-06-2004, 11:40 PM

From reviews on the Web, Fedora is buggy. Too bad Red Hat had to stop giving away free Linux but hey, they have to make money. Not like there aren't any other distros.

gruntwerk · 01-07-2004, 12:10 AM

Been poking around on this and it seems that there is a gonna be something called the fedora legacy project that is gonna try to make upgrades/updates available for the legacy versions of redhat... google is your friend....

ADZ · 01-09-2004, 02:56 PM

Emily - I thought U can do a server installation as well as desktop. lol, well I selected the Server option when I was installing it...:s

Emily · 01-09-2004, 10:20 PM

I dunno ADZ.. you're probably right since I have no idea what I'm talking about.

01-04-2004, 01:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
tpark Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 17	Fedora Core, Red Hat??? I currently hve Red Hat 9 installed in my comp. One of my friend said one day that I should install "Fedora Core" I know it is free, i never tried it. I don't know. What's the difference? -Tom-

01-06-2004, 01:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
Emily Monster Techie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,179	Isn't there a choice of installations on Redhat, but you can only install as a workstation on Fedora? That's what someone told me... I think... unless I dreamed it. But I'm pretty sure someone told me that. __________________ www.upstark.com

01-06-2004, 11:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
Quantum True Techie Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 154	From reviews on the Web, Fedora is buggy. Too bad Red Hat had to stop giving away free Linux but hey, they have to make money. Not like there aren't any other distros. __________________ COMPtia A+ COMPtia Network+

01-09-2004, 02:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
ADZ Master Techie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,232	Emily - I thought U can do a server installation as well as desktop. lol, well I selected the Server option when I was installing it...:s __________________ The 1992 9C1 Project! :: Emails = $ My Website - I am looking for input to help improve it! SPYWARE REMOVAL: 1. AdAware http://www.webattack.com/download/dladaware.shtml 2. SpyBot http://www.snapfiles.com/download/dlspybot.html 3. CoolWebShredder http://www.spychecker.com/program/coolwebshredder.html ONLINE VIRUS SCANS: 1. http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?cid=9059 2. http://security.symantec.com/ 3. http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

01-09-2004, 10:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
Emily Monster Techie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,179	I dunno ADZ.. you're probably right since I have no idea what I'm talking about. __________________ www.upstark.com

01-06-2004, 12:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
Romulus Newb Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2	Fedora Core 1.0 (Yarrow) was released on 6th November 2003. Improvements over Red Hat Linux 9 include automated updates with yum, improved laptop support (ACPI, cpufreq) and faster program start time (prelinking). ----- YUM is... Yellow Dog Updater, Modified, yum for short, is a package manager for RPM Package Manager compatible Linux systems. Its main advantages over the RPM version of the Advanced Packaging Tool apt are Smaller codebase Better dependency handling Yum will likely become the standard tool for updating Red Hat Linux / Fedora Linux. --- Personally I heard about it recently and the Red Hat series is being abandoned for Fedora so go for it.

01-06-2004, 01:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
mikesgroovin honk if you route packets Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,742	belie 'dat -Mike

01-06-2004, 11:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
gruntwerk True Techie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 204	against my better judgement - (simply because I am thinking about switching distros...) - redhat really has ticked people off this time... - Not gonna go there.. On to the details - RedHat wont be putting out updates for RedHat Linux in the future... If you want to get updates 'easily' in the future, you'll hafta upgrade or change distros.... Take the plunge...

01-07-2004, 12:10 AM	#7 (permalink)
gruntwerk True Techie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 204	Been poking around on this and it seems that there is a gonna be something called the fedora legacy project that is gonna try to make upgrades/updates available for the legacy versions of redhat... google is your friend....

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