Downgrading from RHEL
Bill Kenney
kenneyw at usa.com
Wed Mar 10 15:49:25 UTC 2004
Hi,
Depending on what you want the server to do, you might consider RH
Professional Workstation. It's relatively inexpensive, < $100, and can
run web, samba, nfs, etc. Small investment for a stable platform.
Bill
On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 10:21, Andre Costa wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this might be slightly OT; if there's a better place to discuss this,
> just let me know.
>
> I am considering buying a RHEL license for one server, but I am a little
> concerned about what might happen if I decide not to renew the
> subscription after it expires.
>
> I know RHEL sources are public, so theoretically I could live on by
> manually updating the system, since I would lose RHN access (I know
> there are apt-get repos like Dag Wieer's, which would make things a lot
> easier). However, is this advisable at all? Anyone out there been on
> this situation?
>
> If I come to the conclusion that a full reinstall will be necessary if I
> ever drop RHEL, this might influence the decision of trying RHEL.
>
> TIA
>
> Andre
>
> --
> Andre Oliveira da Costa
>
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