Subscriptions

Red Hat® offers unsupported academic editions of its Red Hat Enterprise Linux® Desktop and Server operating software. Purchase either edition as an individual or campus subscription.

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Academic discounts for fully supported subscriptions

For production and business application usage of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, academic institutions are advised to use supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions. Academic discounts for our fully supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions and layered solutions are available. Please contact your local education specialist for more details at 1-866-273-3428 x45014.

Attention international schools: This academic site is for US and Canadian schools only. International schools can purchase our academic editions from your country's Red Hat education specialist.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Desktop Edition

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Desktop Edition is for single-CPU machines. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop provides a high-quality, full-featured client system that's suitable for use in a wide range of desktop deployments. Productivity applications include:

  • Email: Evolution, a sophisticated mail client that supports IMAP and POP3 mail servers and provides a look and feel that’s familiar to Microsoft Outlook users
  • Document processing: OpenOffice.org 1.1, a comprehensive office suite, providing a fully integrated set of applications for preparing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and providing exceptional compatibility with Microsoft Office file formats for easy file sharings
  • Browsing: Mozilla, a feature-rich, high-performance web browser
  • Instant messaging: GAIM
  • Professional quality fonts: Agfa Monotype
  • Integrated third-party applications:
    • Adobe Acrobat Reader and plug-in
    • Macromedia Flash plug-in
    • Java™ (IBM and BEA) and plug-in (IBM)
    • Citrix ICA Client
    • Real Player
  • Versions available: x86, AMD64, EM64T

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Server Edition

Choose the Academic Server if you want to run virtual machines or if you need developer tools or server packages. This edition is supported by leading independent software vendor (ISV) applications and gives you the necessary technology for small to large server environments where a computer is providing services to a set of clients.

  • Includes: amanda-server, arptables_jf, bind, caching-nameserver, dhcp, freeradius, inews, inn, krb5-server, netdump-server, openldap-servers, pxe, quagga, radvd, rarpd, redhat-config-bind, redhat-config-netboot, tftp-server, tux, vsftpd, ypserv, Apache, Samba, NFS
  • Versions available: x86, AMD64, EM64T, Itanium, or POWER(i/p)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Edition is for server systems and can support systems with greater than 2 CPUs and more than 8GB of memory.

Campus subscriptions

Campus-wide subscriptions provide all departments of your campus or multicampus system access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Desktop and Server editions. Total price is based on the size of your school.

Individual subscriptions

Purchasers receive an annual subscription to Red Hat Network, which doubles as a management tool and update repository. You'll have access to download all current and new releases of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Academic subscriptions don't include Red Hat support. If you require a supported subscription, please contact your Red Hat education specialist at 1-866-273-3428 x45014.

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Annual subscriptions

Qualified employees or students of academic institutions may purchase annual subscriptions to the following editions:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Desktop Edition
    Productivity applications for desktops or laptops
    Self-support (2 sockets) with Smart Management
    Subscription Length: 1 year
    Price: $40
    Subscribe now or contact sales: 1-866-273-3428 x 45014


  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Workstation Edition
    Productivity applications for desktops or laptops
    Self-support (4 sockets) (up to 1 guest) with Smart Management
    Subscription Length: 1 year
    Price: $60
    Subscribe now or contact sales: 1-866-273-3428 x 45014


  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Server Edition
    Server packages, development tools, and virtualization
    Self-support (16 sockets) (up to 1 guest) with Smart Management
    Subscription length: 1 year
    Price: $80
    Subscribe now or contact sales: 1-866-273-3428 x 45014

Installation kits

Academic subscription pricing listed above includes the installation by download from our Red Hat Network service. If you prefer installation disks instead of downloading, these disks and documentation can be purchased together in a media kit, sold separately for $25USD per kit plus shipping.

Installation media kits are available for purchase when you click Subscribe now above. Don't forget to select this additional purchase option when you purchase your academic subscription.

Individual subscriptions don't include email or telephone support.