Talk:Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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[edit] Release schedule

RHEL 4 Update 4 Release date is wrong.

Reply: The announcement from rhelv4-announce@redhat.com was sent on 11 August 06. I changed it accordingly. Riaanvn 19:29, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RHL 6.2E

I don't think RHL 6.2E should be mentionned in RHEL history. It would be more correct to say that Red Hat started to care about entreprises with this version of RHL, and thereafter made a real adapted offer to entreprises with RHEL.

[edit] new

http://www.topix.net/content/ap/1713267804394794191405568028250447812472

[edit] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

(from: http://www.redhat.com/rhel/ ) ... Note that the AS, ES and WS variants provided by prior releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are not available for version 5. Direct replacements for all these products are provided with version 5. See the upgrade information for more details.

--Fedkad 08:08, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question: Is RHEL *really* open source or not?

You can NOT download RHEL unless you buy certain subscription. Is the source code of RHEL available after you buy it? Is it legal in terms of LINUX GPL?

Yes, because the *source* is freely available (hence the clones exist). Open source does not mean free (as in beer).

[edit] Re: Question: Is RHEL *really* open source or not?

I think you have access to the source code off the Red Hat ftp site (ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/), no need to register or anything.

[edit] Re: Question: Is RHEL *really* open source or not?

It should be noted that CentOS ([1]) is an non-commercial rebuild of RHEL from the source -- it simple removes the Redhat branding/artwork. Many companies who want the stability of RHEL but don't want to pay for it use CentOS instead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChrisKurtz (talk • contribs) 17:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Desktop 4 vs. Desktop 5

Has anyone else noticed that in RHEL4 Desktop you got all the development stuff, devel libraries, gcc, emacs, autoconf, php, apache but now in RHEL5, you don't get it with Desktop you need Workstation instead? I can't find a reference for this though. Rythie 14:52, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

I do not have any specific reference to what was removed between Desktop 4 and Desktop 5, but this page gives a good comparison between the Desktop variants, including stating that the Workstation Option "Includes the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software development stack". Riaanvn 19:01, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Usage of "RHEL"

OK, the very first line of the article says it is improper to refer to Red Hat Enterprise Linux as RHEL, as does the very first reference cited. But then the product is consistently referred to as "RHEL" throughout the rest of the article. What's up with that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.24.162.97 (talk • contribs) 21:24, 27 February 2008

Probably because I added the reference, but didn't go throughout the article changing each RHEL reference. You are very welcome to do it yourself if you want. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 01:06, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Done —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.24.162.97 (talk) 01:46, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is often abbreviated to RHEL, but Red Hat is now attempting to discourage this.[1]" Read the article... it seem to me that is the point of view of few people inside Red Hat and is not mandatory, I think that this line should be removed, just look the URL of Red Hat Enterprise Linux... it contains RHEL; if they don't want RHEL they should be the first to remove the RHEL from the Red Hat website. Again: Removing the use of RHEL seem to me that is the point of view of few people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.247.28.25 (talk) 17:30, 8 June 2008 (UTC)