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[Rick Stevens]

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:24 AM, G Thiou <gthiou at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi !!!
> I want to passe RHCE next year. I just bought Red Hat Enterprise Linux
> Desktop, Basic subscription (w/ Web Support). I want to understand the
> difference between the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Server and the Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 5.4 Desktop. I downloaded the ISO images for Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 for 32-bit x86). Is there a difference in
> what channels and packages you can download from Red Hat Network depending
> on whether you have the "Server" or the "Desktop" subscription? What other
> differences are there between these two types of subscriptions compared to
> the package server. if I compile the package server, would I have any
> updates? what differences there are between the two iso Desktop and
> Server?
> Thanks.
>

There is a difference between Desktop and Server, and it's fairly well
delineated on the Red Hat website.

I haven't looked myself recently, but IIRC, the primary difference is the
amount of memory and the maximum number of CPU cores the kernel can
support.  The set of applications is also defined a bit more (desktop has
access to most of the GUI-based apps, server doesn't; server has access to
things such as cluster software and some server-centric applications that
don't make a ton of sense on a desktop).

That being said, I think you can morph a desktop into a server and
vice-versa as far as apps are concerned.  The kernel restrictions require a
bit more, uhm, ingenuity, to get around (e.g., get the kernel source RPM and
build your own kernel).
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