Differences between RHEL and Fedora 8?

[Thomas Cameron]

On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 08:18 +0000, Keith Roberts wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> 
> > To: Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net>,
> >     For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> >     <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> > From: Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org>
> > Subject: Re: Differences between RHEL and Fedora 8?
> > 
> > Keith Roberts wrote:
> >
> >> So are you saying that the Fedora release is the testing ground for 
> >> RHEL, by approx 1 year ahead of the RHEL releases?
> >
> > Fedora is upstream for RHEL (ie) RHEL is a derivative distribution of 
> > Fedora and every third release of Fedora or so is the basis of the 
> > subsequent RHEL release too. The exact time period varies. Fedora 
> > releases are 6 months apart and RHEL releases are 12 to 18 months apart 
> > from each other.
> >
> >> So if I learn Fedora Linux administration, would that cover me for 
> >> passing RHCE exams?
> >
> > Not really, no. You probably want RHEL or a rebuild of it.
> >
> > Rahul
> 
> Thankyou for that Rahul. Can I download RHEL and use that 
> on my own machine at home without having to pay for a 
> license?

You have several options.  Either you can sign up for a 30-day
evaluation of Red Hat Developer Connection (which includes RHEL and a
bunch of other cool developer stuff) at
http://www.redhat.com/solutions/industries/developer/products/basic.html

You can contact your sales rep and ask him/her to set up a 30-day RHEL
only eval.

You can get a RHEL only eval at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/details/eval/

If you are or your child is a student, you can get an academic
subscription for all of $30 for desktop or $60 for server at
http://www.redhat.com/solutions/education/academic/individual/ - see
http://www.redhat.com/solutions/education/academicqualification/ for
what it takes to qualify for a student subscription.

-- 
Hope this helps,
Thomas