Linux Magazine: Where Does a Red Hat Linux User Go Now?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 3, 2004

“At face value, Red Hat’s announcement seemed like terrible
news. A significant, influential, and popular Linux distribution
was being obsoleted, seemingly leaving serious hobbyists,
developers, and small businesses in a lurch. Yet buried in Red
Hat’s announcement was a reference to the Fedora Project, a
‘development forum for new Linux and open source technology’
sponsored by Red Hat. A merger between Red Hat Linux and the Fedora
Linux project, a community project dedicated to building
high-quality, third-party RPMs for Red Hat Linux, the Fedora
Project promised hope for those migrating from existing Red Hat
installations.

“But is Fedora a viable option? And for whom? Anxious to answer
some burning questions, we doffed the Red Hat and donned a Fedora
to find out just how well the new hat fits…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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