----- Original Message ----
From: Y Giridhar Appaji Nag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>You can download the source SRPMS for all the RHEL packages but the
>binary packages are not available for free download. Compiling these
>SRPMS isn't all that easy either. This is how RedHat makes money.
but I couldn't find out the link to download the sources either!
>There are some distros out there (like Centos) which give you the
>binaries based on RHEL sources.
exactly.. I am using Fedora Core 6 for the same reason and also plan to try out
Ubuntu
>Let RedHat make some money :).
Its not all about money... money is to keep the show going on ;-)
but it should not kill the spirit while doing it
In this matter, Ubuntu is much better.
The download of binaries and sources are free,
but the support from Canonical is charged
That kind of model works better
- Cheedhu
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