Fedora vs RedHat

[Rick Stevens]

kevin kempter wrote:
> Hi All;
> 
> What's the real differences between Fedora and say RHEL Desktop ?
> 
> Specifically I'm considering buying one of the following for my new dual 
> core laptop w 12G of memory:
> 
> Workstation with Standard Subscription
> or
> Workstation and Multi-OS with Basic Subscription

Fedora is the "beta test, bleeding edge" test version.  If it works
well and is stable in Fedora, it eventually becomes RHEL.  For example,
RHEL5.x is based on Fedora 6.  New Fedora versions come out just about
every 6 months or so.

I suspect that RHEL6.x will be based on Fedora 10 or 11, once all the
KDE/Gnome/kernel things calm down and stabilize.

If you want stability, then go with RHEL or CentOS (built from RHEL
sources, but rebadged).  If you can stand to lose blood and get
frustrated at times, then you can go with Fedora.  Just remember that
there are no guarantees that your stuff will work in Fedora...it's a
test case.
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