> I'm curious to know what you fellow RedHat users are planning to do when
> RedHat Linux gets End-of-life'd?
I will be using Fedora for my personal boxes. Remember, Red Hat will be
providing *significant* assistance to the Fedora project. The perception
that RH is bailing on hobbyists and small business users is just not true
from what I have read. It's just that they are focusing on commercial
users.
I for one believe that the F/OSS community will benefit from the move to a
community-supported distro based on RHL. New software and new versions of
existing software will be available sooner, and security updates will
still be available quickly.
I am seriously bummed about all the flak RH is taking. The loudest gripes
I hear are pretty much false if you actually read the info at the Fedora
home page and the excellent article by Joe Barr at
http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/01/1417208&mode=thread&tid=51.
Me personally, I think this is a good move.
> Will you be sticking with your existing RedHat distro?
Yes, in the form of Fedora Linux.
> Will you be switching distros? To what?
Nope.
> Does anyone know if RedHat Enterprise Linux going to be available free
> of charge?
Nope.
> I'm most definitely not trying to invite a distro war. I'm trying to get
> input to help me with my decision on what to do.
I am a dyed-in-the-wool Red Hat guy. However, I came to that decision
after trying several distros including *BSD. All I can tell you is, try
several distros and see what you like. Try Fedora, try Debian, try SUSE,
try Slackware, etc. and then make your choice.
Thomas
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