--- Matthew Copple mcopple@gmail.com wrote:

On 8/3/05, Leo Mauler webgiant@yahoo.com wrote:

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Sorry, forgot to mention that you need to scroll down on this page and click on one of the "individual" subscription links. Desktop edition is only $25, if all you want to learn is the RHCT exam.

Or just download centOS and get both for free. :)

Not exactly. CentOS has all the same software, so you could run a server on CentOS like on RHEL, but the word "redhat" is not found anywhere in CentOS. This is because RedHat is being strict about their IP and refusing to allow free rebuilds to use the word "redhat" in their rebuilds.

The RHCE exam preparation textbook I have tells me I need to remember and use several GUI configuration tools in RHEL because some of them are faster than doing it in the CLI. These GUI configuration tools are named things like "redhat-config-network" and "redhat-config-users".

I don't know what CentOS uses in place of "redhat" in, say, "redhat-config-users", but if you try to learn RHEL using a free rebuild and then take the test, you won't be used to typing "redhat-config-users", you'll be used to typing something else. Which means you'll lose precious time on the test, and you don't have much time to complete all the assigned tasks.

For example, the testing time is so limited that the textbook recommends pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2 *while RHEL is installing* and editing some of the configuration files from a terminal window.

So it seems to me that if all you want is a server, you can get a free rebuild like CentOS, and enjoy. If you really want the RHCE, you'd better buy the individual subscription of RHEL and learn the "redhat-config-users"-type commands so you can finish the test within the time allotted.

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