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RedHat don't release binary [ISO]s or [RPM]s of RedHatEnterpriseLinux, but in accordance with the terms of the [GPL], they make all the packages available in [SRPM] package format.

Many projects have taken these and rebuilt working binary [ISO]s, that comply with RedHat's trademark and copyright requirements:

* CentOs (the best and most up to date rebuild)
* [White Box Enterprise Linux|http://www.whiteboxlinux.org/] (the first "publicized" complete rebuild)
** [New Zealand Whitebox mirror|ftp://whitebox.wicks.co.nz/pub/linux/dist/whitebox/]
* [TaoLinux|http://www.taolinux.org] (designed to not be self hosting, and to be as close to RHEL as possible)
* [Lineox|http://www.lineox.com/] (commercially supported; aims to be "always up to date")
* [FermiLinux|http://www-oss.fnal.gov/projects/fermilinux/]
* [Rocks|http://rocks.npaci.edu/Rocks/] (for clusters)

See also:

* [How to rebuild RHEL from the source RPMs?|http://www2.uibk.ac.at/zid/software/unix/linux/rhel-rebuild.htm]
* [Mailing List|http://www2.uibk.ac.at/zid/software/unix/linux/rhel-rebuild-l.html]
* [A FAQ on licensing RHEL and rebuilds|http://linuxmafia.com/faq/RedHat/rhel-isos.html]

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Last edited on Friday, July 29, 2005 11:39:41 am by CraigBox

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