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The Fedora Project |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
| What is it? |
Open Source Project |
Commercial Product, based on Open Source |
| Developed by |
Developer Community |
Red Hat |
| Users |
Early adopters, enthusiasts, developers |
Mainstream production environments |
| Licensing |
Open source |
Open source |
| Downloads |
Source and binaries |
Source only, or binaries with per-system maintenance/support contract |
| Delivery |
Download or third-party CDs |
Download or box product from Red Hat and partners |
| Release Interval |
4-6 months |
12-18 months |
| Support Options from Red Hat |
None |
Many |
| Packages Included |
Wide range |
Carefully-selected list (only mature/supportable/recommended packages) |
| Packages Versions |
Always latest and greatest |
Best balance of maturity and features |
| Updates |
Frequent feature updates and package version upgrades |
Bugfixes and driver updates only, backported to released package versions |
| Update Lifetime |
2-3 months after next release |
At least 5 years |
| Update Source |
Developer Community |
Red Hat |
| Features Added |
Kept closer to upstream projects |
Additional features and enhancements from Red Hat |
| ISV Certifications |
None |
Many (e.g. Oracle,VERITAS, BEA, CA, IBM) |
| Hardware Certifications |
None |
Many (e.g. Dell, HP, IBM) |
| Standards Certifications |
None |
Many |
| Testers |
Developer Community |
Red Hat QA, Red Hat Partners, and Beta Testers |
| Benchmarks, Performance Testing |
By community |
By Red Hat QA, ISV/IHV partners, and industry analysts |
