On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 04:06:52PM -0500, Ken Jones wrote:

How about RedHat Linux vs RedHat Fedora Core Linux.

There is no RedHat Linux anymore (unless you mean the old Red Hat 9, 7.3, etc.), only Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Is it possible to run a professional installation based on Fedora Core? Must one be a REAL pro?

The software is basically the same, but the product goals are different. You can run any kind of installation on either, but you won't get finger-pointing support and a long lifetime from Fedora which means you'll need to upgrade the OS every year or so to keep on top of security issues and bugs that are fixed, unless you want to fix things yourself. RHEL gives you 5 or more years of support. I can give a brief update on the current events in Fedora-land if anyone is interested. There are lots of interesting things happening right now, like the merger of Core and Extras, and the opening up of Core to all Fedora contributors.