OT: Linux Distrobutions?

[Furnish, Trever G]

Can I squeak in one more question on this off-topic topic before it goes
away?

Did Fedora exist (and actually get used by anyone) before "redhat linux"
went away?  I have actually built up a considerable level of trust in
redhat's development and stability over the years, and I don't mind
extending that trust through a simple name change - but I have a hard time
with the idea of just extending that trust to a merger of two projects, one
of which I had never even heard of before the merger.

Off-list replies welcome...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hirsh, Joshua [mailto:joshua.hirsh at PARTNERSOLUTIONS.CA]
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 2:16 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: OT: Linux Distrobutions?
>
>
>  From what I understand, a project called Fedora-legacy is also being
> started up which will keep the RH 7/8/9 releases up to date
> with security
> fixes after Red Hat drops them from their vocabulary.
>
>  It hasn't fully gotten off the ground yet though..
>
>
>
>  Personally, I'm going the route of rebuilding RHEL from the
> SRPMS.. but
> challenges are fun sometimes :)
>
>
>  Cheers,
>
> -Joshua
>