Fedora 4 or Rehat 9? (Stuedent needing to setup an intranet)

zsracing · #1 14th March 2005, 07:10 PM

Hey guys, I am very new to both Linux Rehat, and Fedora. I really don't know much abou them at all. First, is Linux Redhat 9 just an older version than the newer Fedora 4? I understand that Fedora is sort of experimental, so I was wondering what would be the better route to go for making an intranet. Next year, I am doing sort of an independant study (im in high school), and my goal is to setup a webserver, and make an intranet for the entire school. I would also have to setup some sort of ftp file sharing system, so that each sudent could login and transfer files from any computer in the school, while having their own amout of space designated to them. Anyways, what suggestions do you guys have? My teacher said he wanted me to be different, so i'm not using windows server... so he suggested Redhat Linux 9 and the Orange Redhat Linux 9 Unleashed book. I went to the book store yesterday, and was browsing through some Redhat and fedora books, and fedora seemed to be just a newer version of redhat. Is fedora the way to go for this project, and if so what books would you guys reccomend?

Thanks a million!!

elasticwings · #2 14th March 2005, 07:15 PM

I would recommend Fedora Core 3 probably. Fedora Core 4 Test 1 comes out tomorrow. It's just the first testing phase though. Fedora Core 3 has been out for a good while and for me has proven to be stable enough for what you are planning.

imdeemvp · #3 14th March 2005, 07:21 PM

Redhat 9 is not legacy. I have been using fedora since day one and I had my issues but which distro does not have them. One thing is for sure that if you install everything correctly all components will work properly. I like fedora for its stability and many features it has. Also with fedora comes this great forum and that support of many people that have used redhat since day one.

My advice is start NOW and by the time you start running the server it will be much easier for you to workout around any problem. Check out the www.fedoranews.org and www.fedorafaq.org for more subjects and things that you can do once installation is done. Good luck and trust me you will only miss the windows you had before because now YOU will own the entire house. BTW fedora 4 is not out yet so go with fedora 3.

chiku31 · #4 14th March 2005, 07:27 PM

Fedora core 3 seems pretty stable to me. Haven't found any stability issue with my ftp server so far.

Lenard · #5 14th March 2005, 07:39 PM

I would suggest that you use on of the free versions (100% compatible) of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 instead. For example; http://www.centos.org/
Installation and other manuals are here; http://www.centos.org/docs/4/

Get the manuals for RHEL4 also; http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Red Hat Linux 9 is barely support now, the Fedora Core series has a short life cycle (1-2 years), while the RHEL life cycle is around 8 years.

zsracing · #6 14th March 2005, 07:43 PM

Wow, thx 4 the timely replys, lol. That was fast. I won't actually have to begin starting on the server until august. Should I go ahead and start now with fedora 3, or should I wait for fedora 4? Any books that you guys recommend? Also, what iso's do I download? there are like 3 different types i think.

I have to build the sever, so anything that you guys would recommend, as far as hardware is concerned?

Also, how do intranet's work? Would these computers at my school just be accessing the server that I make through the internet? I figure that would be the easiest route. It would just need to be configured so that only the computers within the school could access the ftp.

Thanks again!

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zsracing · #7 15th March 2005, 01:31 AM

So should I go with Fedora Core 3?

james_in_denver · #8 15th March 2005, 03:47 AM

I would suggest just go with Fedora 3, (it's 3 major releases ahead of RedHat 9).

It's stable, and there won't be very many substantial changes from "FC3" to "FC4".

Too sum up the difference between FC3 and FC4...
a few new device drivers, (notably, Intel 915 video support, and cluster interconnects)
using the newer Xorg release,
some "cool" but not crucial features,
better hardware detection,
a few more managment tools,

FC3 is stable, current, and a lot of people have answers to your questions.

Besides, you can ALWAYS upgrade individual packages as they become available.

crackers · #9 15th March 2005, 04:18 AM

I think I'd like to slightly append to what the folks above have said:

FC3 is stable and works just great if you have mostly "standard" hardware. If you stick to a pretty vanilla system in terms of hardware, you'll be just fine. It's when you start getting into the stuff that 90% of the people don't have, chances are pretty good that there won't be a lot of support for that hardware and you run into problems.

zsracing · #10 15th March 2005, 05:08 AM

What about clark connect... I was told by two people that it would be great for the project I would be doing.

zsracing · #11 16th March 2005, 12:21 AM

bump-n on up

zsracing · #12 16th March 2005, 12:22 AM

bump-n it up

james_in_denver · #13 16th March 2005, 12:57 AM

Don't know anything about your project you are working on????

Can you give some details?

dickinsd · #14 16th March 2005, 01:37 AM

Quote:

I am doing sort of an independant study (im in high school), and my goal is to setup a webserver, and make an intranet for the entire school. I would also have to setup some sort of ftp file sharing system, so that each sudent could login and transfer files from any computer in the school, while having their own amout of space designated to them.

Personally I can't fault Fedora Core 3, I think it would do the job just fine, certainly the web and FTP serving anyway.

Unfortunately I havn't ever used RH9 to comment on that, I understand it to be a very powerful OS though.

Regards setting up your intranet connection zsracing, The machine is going to be at the school on the school premesis yeah? if so then you don't want to be connecting to the internet just to get access to something thats on site.

Anyways, check out this link, might give you a few nice pointers on setting up an intranet.
http://www.construct-it.org.uk/pages...n_intranet.htm

And here:
Jump Start your Intranet with Apache

A bit of bed time reading if you like

I like the sounds of your project, I wish I had an opportunity to do something like that when I was at school, I hope you choose FC3 just so that you have a reason to keep us informed of your progress.

Dave

Javaguy78 · #15 16th March 2005, 02:13 AM

I'll put in my 2 cents on the subject.

I didn't read the above, so I hope that this isn't doubled. I started using Linux at RedHat 4.0 and have used it all the way through 9. As I understand it, Fedora was around as a competitor with Redhat about the time 9 was out. They decided to combine forces to create the super linux, and the Fedora Core was created.

Fedora core 3 is awesome, the only thing I will use. I tried FC1 and FC2, but they both failed where FC3 succeeded on my box. FC4 is due out june or july this year, so don't install that unless you have more than 1 computer. I found that out when FC3 was still in Test phase. Install FC4 test on a machine you are willing to reinstall a dozen times before you get it secure.

Cheers