Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-14 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:29:03PM GMT, Tom H wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Raf Czlonka wrote: >> > On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 11:12:01PM GMT, Ismael Scalcon wrote: >> >> To clarify things up (ok, a bit off topic): >> >> >> >> Red

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-14 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Walter Hurry writes: >> On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:12:01 -0200, Ismael Scalcon wrote: >> >>> But it's still opensource, so the source code is free to download and >>> compile. The guys at CentOS do it, they get all the source code for RHL, >>> re

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-10 Thread Ismael Scalcon
O right, sorry, I was talking about RHEL, just didn't notticed the talk was about RHL, as RHL doesn't exist anymore. @Walter And I'm having the same doubt, why CentOS is so despicable? Just to know. Or is Scientific Linux technically better than CentOS, and that's why you choose it instead? Rega

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-10 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:29:03PM GMT, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Raf Czlonka wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 11:12:01PM GMT, Ismael Scalcon wrote: > >> > >> To clarify things up (ok, a bit off topic): > >> > >> Red Hat Linux is a commercial distro, but what they sell is t

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-10 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 11:12:01PM GMT, Ismael Scalcon wrote: >> >> To clarify things up (ok, a bit off topic): >> >> Red Hat Linux is a commercial distro, but what they sell is the supporte > > To clarify things, Red Hat Linux _was_ a distro a

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-10 Thread Harry Putnam
Walter Hurry writes: > On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:12:01 -0200, Ismael Scalcon wrote: > >> But it's still opensource, so the source code is free to download and >> compile. The guys at CentOS do it, they get all the source code for RHL, >> remove the Red Hat branding and distribute it. > > And the guy

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-10 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 11:12:01PM GMT, Ismael Scalcon wrote: > To clarify things up (ok, a bit off topic): > > Red Hat Linux is a commercial distro, but what they sell is the supporte To clarify things, Red Hat Linux _was_ a distro available as a free download with or without commercial support.

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-09 Thread Walter Hurry
On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:12:01 -0200, Ismael Scalcon wrote: > But it's still opensource, so the source code is free to download and > compile. The guys at CentOS do it, they get all the source code for RHL, > remove the Red Hat branding and distribute it. And the guys at Scientific Linux (Fermilab

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-09 Thread Ismael Scalcon
To clarify things up (ok, a bit off topic): Red Hat Linux is a commercial distro, but what they sell is the supporte services. The thing is, you cannot get RHL without paying for the support. But it's still opensource, so the source code is free to download and compile. The guys at CentOS do it, t

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-09 Thread Walter Hurry
On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:34:59 -0500, Doug wrote: > Out of curiosity I downloaded the LIVE Fedora 16. The user interface is > like nothing I ever saw. If this is the future of computing, I think > I'll go back to pocket calculator and typewriter! Fedora is my main distribution, though I use Debian

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-09 Thread Doug
On 11/09/2011 12:34 PM, Tom H wrote: On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Red Hat Linux = Red Hat's original commercial product Commercial?! You could get it for free like Fedora as well as get it for free and then enter into a service contract with RH. Out of curiosity I

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-09 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > Red Hat Linux = Red Hat's original commercial product Commercial?! You could get it for free like Fedora as well as get it for free and then enter into a service contract with RH. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.de

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-08 Thread Miles Fidelman
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Du, 30 oct 11, 00:56:55, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Btw. instead of Red Hat I tested Fedora on a virtual machine, set up on Suse. Fedora might be a very good choice for beginners and experienced users too. Is there still a Red Hat distro? Regarding to the German Wiki Red Hat be

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-11-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 30 oct 11, 00:56:55, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Btw. instead of Red Hat I tested Fedora on a virtual machine, set up on > Suse. Fedora might be a very good choice for beginners and experienced > users too. Is there still a Red Hat distro? Regarding to the German Wiki > Red Hat became Fedora.

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2011-10-30 at 00:24 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 09:58 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > - need for current versions of specific software packages (at least for > > some of the packages I rely on, the packaged versions tend to lag well > > behind the upstream versions