Finally, we broke down the AS and installed RHEL 2.1 with Proxy RHN software. Once the AS was configured to act as our network's proxy server, we reinstalled the workstation and updated the software from the AS instead of contacting RHN directly.
Red Hat set up a demo satellite server so we could get the feel of how satellite mode performed. We used the Web tools to perform satellite-related tasks, including creating a custom channel based on RHEL 3.0 AS and then cloning that channel with ease.
Most of us have heard the buzz: Red Hat no longer creates a free open-source Linux distribution. As with most rumors, especially those that circulate throughout the Internet in a matter of hours, the reality has been twisted so severely that it contains only a tiny grain of fact.
Truth is, Red Hat has turned over development of its free Linux distro to the open-source community, discontinuing its Red Hat Linux Project internally and merging it with The Fedora Project (fedora.redhat.com), an initiative the company sponsored. The two projects had very similar goals, and according to Red Hat, not having them work together was inefficient. Efforts are under way to combine infrastructures, documentation and Web sites to create a unified look, though the process will take months.
Boasting bleeding-edge technology, Fedora is the proving ground for improvements to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Think of its role as developing enterprise Linux in the open-source realm. Whereas RHEL offers new releases every 12 to 18 months and supports those releases for five years, Fedora is much more aggressive. The project plans to deliver new versions, currently called Core releases, every six to eight months, and limit support to three months. So when Fedora Core 2 comes out, users will have only three months to update their hosts before security and bug fixes are no longer ported to Core 1.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
