Lineox Announces Migration Instructions from Red Hat Linux 9

Lineox Announces Support Prices, Migration Instructions from Red Hat
Linux 9

27. May. 2004

Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0 is an enterprise level Linux distribution
with almost 5 years of planned support life. In the past Lineox has
provided updated program packages with feature enhancements, bug and
security fixes for free.  The update service will be fee based
starting fall 2004. As an introductory offer, Lineox sells one
year update service licenses including free coverage until the end of
2004. The update service entitles you to all released errata updates.

Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0 is very similar Red Hat Linux 9, because
it is based off of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0. About 25% of RedHat 9
and RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 are the same. Lineox Enterprise Linux
3.0 was built mostly from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 sources,
therefore upgrading from Red Hat Linux 9 is very easy and fast. In
some cases, it might even be possible to use Lineox Enterprise Linux
3.0 updates on Red Hat Linux 9 without the need to upgrade the rest of
the system. As security updates are released the Red Hat 9 packages
will be updated to Lineox 3.0.

Lineox targets mainly Red Hat Linux 9 users who were left without
support from Red Hat, Inc. on April 30. Many long time Linux users need
only a reliable, long lasting, and affordable source of updated packages
and that is what Lineox provides. Annual subscription fees start from
15 Euros per year for a single system, 5 Euros if the customer has
over 50 systems. For larger customers Lineox offers Enterprise
subscriptions starting from 3 Euros per system from 50 to 99 system
sites and 2000 Euros for unlimited site wide license.

To help Red Hat Linux 9 users upgrade, Lineox has made instructions
available on how to upgrade their systems to Lineox Enterprise Linux
using only command line tools, thus making the procedure easy to
deploy even remotely over a network and multiple systems at a time.

One former Red Hat Linux 9 administrator, Lucas Albers from Montana
State University of Bozeman Montana says "We upgraded our RedHat 9
boxes to Lineox 3.0 because it was a seamless upgrade.  Fedora would
have been a poor choice, as we would have had to upgrade much too
quickly.  Most of the major package versions for RedHat 9 and Lineox
3.0 were the same, so the upgrade was seamless.  We have also used
Lineox to upgrade RedHat 9 on our computational servers, which we
couldn't take offline for a CD based upgrade.  We used the apt based
upgrade to do a completely remote upgrade, with no interruption of
service.  Lineox has been very helpful and quick to respond with any
questions we have had concerning upgrades on our existing systems.
Lineox supports a local apt repository so keeping systems up to date
is quick and easy, we can also use third party apt repositories that
are compatible with RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0, such as the dag
repository.
Our central library also upgraded their servers from RedHat 9 to Lineox
3.0 and have been very happy with the process. Their pricing is very
economical, service is great, and system upgrades have been seamless.
Most of the tools work the same as RedHat 9, so it has been very fast
learning curve.  I recommend Lineox to any companies/institutions
looking for a cheap, reliable, and low maintenance replacement for 
RedHat 9."


About Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0

Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0 is a Linux distribution built from modified
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 sources. Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0 offers
customers enterprise level Linux operating system at an attractive price
level without bundled support options. Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0 is
available immediately directly from www.lineox.com and also from
resellers. The suggested retail price is 17.90 Euro for DVD-ROM and
approximately 20 USD/Euro for separately sold printed Lineox Enterprise
Linux 3.0 Installation Guide.

Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0 contains all freely distributable programs
found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS/ES/WS, Red Hat Cluster Suite,
and Red Hat Developer Suite. On the same DVD-ROM there are also 6
different language versions of OpenOffice.org 1.1.0, dictionaries,
spell checkers, and other support files. As preferred package
management system, Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0 utilizes apt-get, which
resolves package dependencies automatically. Lineox Enterprise Linux
3.0 users can use apt-get to get security and feature updates from
www.lineox.com and other Internet sites. Graphical front-end to
apt-get, synaptic, is also included. Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0
DVD-ROM contains a large collection of additional third party program
packages that can be easily installed and managed with synaptic.

As on-line documentation Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0 offers
LIFF - the complete Linux documentation collection. LIFF can be used
as a documentation server and the 900MB of documentation it contains
can be searched in seconds depending on the speed of the server
hardware. LIFF is also available separately from www.lineox.com.


Further information

www.lineox.com, linux@lineox.com
Migration instructions for Red Hat Linux 9 users: 
www.lineox.com/rh9migration.php
Support price list: www.lineox.com/buysupport.php


About Lineox

Although a young company, Lineox founders have made Finnish localized
Linux distributions ranging from the first one to predecessor of Lineox
Enterprise Linux, which reached about 70 to 90% share of Finnish Linux
retail market.


Trademarks

"Lineox" is a registered trademark of Lineox, Inc. "Red Hat" is a
registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. "Linux" is a registered
trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.

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