RedHat downloads

[garskoci]

Has anyone downloaded the 30 day subscription of RedHat AS or ES? I'm curious of what happens after the 30 days. Any ideas? Does the OS vaporize????? :eek:

From RH's web site.


Your 30-day evaluation subscription will allow you to:

* Download Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
* Access Red Hat Network for updates and security patches
* Access Red Hat Knowledgebase for technical information and advice

[serz]

No, I don't think it will vaporize but you won't be able to download any updates (which is very important, mostly security updates).

If you're not willing to subscript to Red Hat AS/ES, then I'd suggest you to use Fedora instead.

[klackenfus]

If you're not willing to subscript to Red Hat AS/ES, then I'd suggest you to use Fedora instead.

I'd suggest CentOS, which is actually, RHEL, without the branding or proprietary tools. Go to www.centos.org to download it.

[Icarus]

CentOS does use the freely available tools, like up2date, yum and almost all of the tools available from any Red Hat install.

[klackenfus]

CentOS does use the freely available tools, like up2date, yum and almost all of the tools available from any Red Hat install.

I really have been impressed with CentOS. I'm using it as my primary Linux box now for home.