Alan Dayley wrote:
> We just got a new server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 pre-installed.
>  Cool!  Red Hat sells an "Application Stack" which includes JBoss (don't
> need) and the usual LAMP stack.  Cool!  The Application Stack costs,
> minimum $1,999 for a one year subscription and download installation.
> NOT COOL!  The boss would choke on that budget request.
> 
> I want to keep this system updated and install needed software in as
> automated a fashion as possible.  Are there well maintained, no cost,
> community repositories for RHEL that I can point to for installation of
> software via yum or another such tool?
> 
> I'm looking (not too hard) but have not found such connections yet.

I just found the DAG repositories which are part of the RPMForge
network.  They directly support RHEL 5
(http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#A2)  It has many packages but does
not appear to have the basics like MySQL and Perl.

Maybe those are in the Red Hat repositories for no cost despite the
Application Stack product?

Still looking around...

Alan