Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4?

From: Jeffrey C. Dege (jdege_at_jdege.visi.com)
Date: 03/19/05 

Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:58:51 -0000

I'm putting together a new computer, so I stopped by CompUSA and picked
up their latest Red Hat. The box is labeled "Red Hat Professional
Workstation", but the manual says "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3".

Now I go look and find that "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4" has been
available since February.

So I have questions.

When will RHEL4 be released in storefront shrink-wrap?

How much different is RHEL4 from RHEL3? And how long will I spend
downloading upgrades if I install RHEL3?

The shrink-wrap package cost $99. According to Redhat's website, having
RHEL4 shipped to me will cost me $204.

Or should I just download the Fedora ISO images?

Or is there somewhere I can buy the current Fedora disks? 

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