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WindowsStar · 28 May 2010

johnwillyums said:

WindowsStar said:

Question: When purchasing Red Hat Enterprise am I able to install it on one server to get my project running and then move it to a new server 6 months from now? In other words does Red Hat have an issue with moving it from one server to another? Thanks.

I would have thought not but don't really know. Does it not say on Fedora Forums?

I have not looked or asked, there are so many *ix users here I thought I'd ask. Plus I did not really want to join yet another forum...there a too many now-a-days. UGH!

On a side note: Searching and reading on line my boss and I found that you buy support for each copy of Red Hat Enterprise and it does not matter what machine it is on as long as you have 1 support for each install. Something odd in the license wording states that if in the future you do NOT re-buy support that they have the right to come audit your servers to make sure you really did remove the OS. Hummmm.

pparks1 · 28 May 2010

WindowsStar said:

Question: When purchasing Red Hat Enterprise am I able to install it on one server to get my project running and then move it to a new server 6 months from now? In other words does Red Hat have an issue with moving it from one server to another? Thanks.

That should be no problem whatsoever. For our servers at work, instead of paying for Red Hat Enterprise Linux...we instead use CentOS which is a free rebuild version of RHEL. Might be worth looking into.

WindowsStar · 28 May 2010

pparks1 said:

WindowsStar said:

Question: When purchasing Red Hat Enterprise am I able to install it on one server to get my project running and then move it to a new server 6 months from now? In other words does Red Hat have an issue with moving it from one server to another? Thanks.

That should be no problem whatsoever. For our servers at work, instead of paying for Red Hat Enterprise Linux...we instead use CentOS which is a free rebuild version of RHEL. Might be worth looking into.

I wish we could but the vendor only certified their software on RHEL, so we do not have a choice. Thank you for answering my question!

wee · 30 May 2010

I started out using open source, basically due to being directed to a local computer and electronics recycle non profit organization, when I needed to buy a computer to go with a return to college as a middle aged person. If my monetary resources had allowed me to buy a new computer I would have started on a MS setup. I had never really had a need for a computer up to 3 years ago, so I had no clue about any OS. Not sure I do even now but I find it fun to learn more as time goes on.

This starting point has actually given me a great advantage in being able to understand operating systems in a general manner, and makes working with Windows like playing a old game of pong compared to a modern game as far as understanding the limitations and safeguards of any OS. Don't interpret this as MS as being less then any other, it is just easier to understand how it works if you have some tools of understanding, and willingness to hit the command line.

As several have suggested in this thread working with the systems that work for you is really the best way to go. It is good to see though that many of you use open source software, and recognize the advantages of this at times.

mickey megabyte · 30 May 2010

i've played with lots of distros in the past, and eventually settled with linuxmint. (my avatar is called felicia.

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these days i just use puppy on a usb stick to recover files etc from broken xp machines.

i love my puppy coz it boots real quick from my old 128 megabyte usb drive, and seems to be able to network anything.

wee · 30 May 2010

Have you checked out puppy lucid it is a nice setup. Puppy Linux 5.0 â€œLucid Puppyâ€ Released | Linux Journal Puppy Linux is actually a pretty good way of learning about Linux and open source distros', it runs in root, but is set up in a way that makes it a little more difficult to bork if you watch what your doing. Puppy also will install and be running in about 10 minutes. There are a bunch of pupplets as well that are pretty cool.

tomaziux132 · 31 May 2010

I use Linux only on VMWare :)
But i have Mandriva x64 and Ubuntu.
Both are great :)

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