to use RHEL you have to get a yearly subscription from redhat, cheapest is 350$ per year. the price varies with the support coverage (24/7 or working hours only).
once you get a subscrition you get access to the isos to download, and i think they ship the whole thing with documentation later on. fyi you can always use/try out centos, www.centos.org/ , which is an RHEL clone. they simply take all the redhat sources and rebuild them without the redhat logos. to buy RHEL locally i know savy-tek is a reseller for redhat. these are the same guys that we had the lug meetings over there, the training center i forgot their name. --- Al-Faisal El-Dajani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanx for the responses guys. I am going to be using > a completely free > software stack, so debian is still an option (and > yes, i too am in love with > apt-get). I already have the debian stable CDs, but > does any of you know > where i can get RHEL and Suse CDs from (if there is > some place inside the > country that sells them??)? and how much do they > cost? > > On 4/4/06, Aram Yegenian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > it depends on what services you want to run on it. > > afaik oracle products exclusively run on redhat or > > suse, debian isn't officially supported. i bet > it's > > the same for ibm, sap, or any proprietory vendor's > > product line. of course with redhat/suse you also > get > > professional support service, so you can play the > > blame game with them if anything breaks. > > > > however if you're running a free software stack, > > apache, mysql, postgresql then debian is well up > to > > the task. > > > > i guess the same goes for slackware, as debian. > > however keeping it updated and patched is a bit of > a > > hassle. plus the debian repositories are a > blessing to > > have. > > > > > > --- etoom etoom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Servers from the big guys (IBM, HP,..) are > almost > > > always certified to > > > work with SUSE and RedHat (or the other way > round) > > > right out of the > > > box, no drivers missing, no headaches. > > > > > > On 4/3/06, Al-Faisal El-Dajani > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hey guys, > > > > > > > > what linux distros do you recommend for a > server? > > > i heard that debian > > > > (stable), RHEL, and slackware are the best but > > > would like your input on this > > > > matter. > > > > Also, does anybody has any of these distros > > > available? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Al-Faisal El-Dajani > > > > Tel: +962-7-77 799 781 > > > > P.O Box: 140056 > > > > 11814 Amman, Jordan > > > > > > > > May the source be with you > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > > http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > > > > > > -- > Al-Faisal El-Dajani > Tel: +962-7-77 799 781 > P.O Box: 140056 > 11814 Amman, Jordan > > May the source be with you > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org
