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Re: OT: Just a simple query



On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:29:03PM GMT, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Raf Czlonka <rjc@linuxstuff.pl> 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 available as a free
> > download with or without commercial support.
> >
> > What you are talking about is Red Hat _Enterprise_ Linux.
> 
> Very true; "_was_" is the correct tense. But I was talking about RHL,
> the distribution that RH published before moving to a RHEL/Fedora
> model.

I know you were talking about RHL, I was replying to Ismael.

> You can't get RHEL for free, even the "self-support" option has a yearly cost...

Yes, I'm aware of that. Rule of thumb: if it's free it's not RHEL.
If free is what you're after: CentoOS, Fedora, etc.
Hint: registered trademarks.

Regards,
-- 
Raf


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