Je viens de recevoir un e-mail de RedHat m’annonçant l’arrêt du support de RedHat 9.

Ils ne vont plus offrir de correctif pour cette distribution de Linux ni même en faire une nouvelle version.

RedHat vise les entreprises avec leur version AS, ES et WS. Cette version n’est pas offerte en téléchargement, il faut l’acheter. Où est passé le logiciel gratuit? ha oui... free dans le sens de libre et non pas gratuit! :-/

Pour les particuliers, il reste le "Fedora Project" sponsorisé par RedHat.

Dear Red Hat Linux user;

In accordance with our errata support policy, our final Red Hat Linux
distribution, Red Hat Linux 9, has now reached end-of-life for errata
maintenance. This means that as of May 1, 2004 we will not be
producing new security, bugfix, or enhancement updates for this product.

We’d like to take this opportunity to remind you of the options
available to you for migrating your Red Hat Linux implementations.

For businesses, governments, or those looking for a stable Linux that
provides updates and support for up to 5 years: try Red Hat Enterprise
Linux - including Red Hat’s newest member of the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux family: Red Hat Desktop. http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/

Red Hat Desktop provides a high-quality, full-featured client system
suitable for coporate deployments requiring secure, manageable and
stable desktop solution. Learn more at
http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/desktop/

For developers or technology enthusiasts looking to contribute to
new Linux and open source technology developments: try the Fedora
Project. http://fedora.redhat.com/

Use the Red Hat Linux Migration Resource Center to find the Red Hat
solution best suited for your needs:

http://www.redhat.com/solutions/migration/rhl/

The errata support policy, as well as our current errata and
advisories, are available from http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/

--the Red Hat Network Team

Fedora Project (EN)(200)

redhat (FR)(251)