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Red Hat Linux / Fedora Core| Category | | | Summary | | Thought by many as the sovereign of Linux operating systems through the late 1990's and early 2000's (and still by many people today), the Red Hat Linux operating system distribution is arguably one of the most feature rich and widely recognized operating |
| | Body | Red Hat Linux first reared its ugly head (and back then, it was quite ugly) in October of 1994. Created by Marc Ewing (marc@redhat.com), Red Hat was one of the first major releases of an operating system fully based on the Linux Kernel, created by Linus Torvalds in 1991.
Red Hat is aimed at home and business users alike. However, it seems nowadays that only businesses, technical-minded home users requiring a decent (non-Win32) based server or software development system, or computer enthusiasts who are not afraid of a terminal window use it.
A small piece of trivia is that Marc named his distribution of this operating system "Red Hat" because of a red Cornell lacrosse hat that his grandfather gave him, which he lost in Philadelphia in the early 1990's.
Red Hat has for the most part always been a pretty afforable (and sometimes free) Open Source operating system. However, in 2002, Red Hat decided it was going to go down another road and separate its system into two branches. One is a certified OS that costs US$179.00 and up, called "Red Hat Enterprise Linux". It is aimed at allowing open source OSes to break into the corporate enterprise IT world as alternatives to Windows. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is fully supported and guaranteed, includes patching and other features, and yet is scalable for corporate environments
The other branch of development focuses on a free version of Red Hat (now dubbed "Fedora Core"). It was launched in 2003, and is no longer a supported product of Red Hat Inc., but rather a Red Hat sponsored and community supported open source OS. This move left the last distribution of what many would term "real Red Hat" at version 9.
Fedora Core utilizes desktops such as GNOME and KDE, which are both packaged in the latest releases of the operating system. It is available for free download at:
http://fedora.redhat.com/
Both Enterprise and Fedora Core are still completely Intel x86-compatible (just like Red Hat Linux). Enterprise versions, however, now include support for other architectures, like the IBM p Series, i Series, z Series, and S/390, as well as 64 bit architectures. Enterprise also offers 24/7 support with an estimated one hour response time, numerous training options, and RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) and RHCT (Red Hat Certified Technician) certs, while the Fedora OS does not.
In closing, Red Hat Linux was one of the greatest Linux distributions of all time, and now that time has come to an end. Nevertheless, Enterprise Linux and Fedora Core are both very worthwhile operating systems and continue on Red Hat's legacy very strongly. In the case of comparison, it really is each to their own. The decision between Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Core is dependent on the individual needs of each user or business, but at the end of the day, they both have enough tools and abilities to satisfy any user wanting to migrate to a powerful Linux distribution. |
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