Glad I wasn't the only one wondering "why Fedora"? You could just as easily go with CentOS then as your sandbox/learning host if you want to be more "true" to a RHEL environment. Definitely would be much closer to RHEL than Fedora would, in terms of package versions and patch levels. Don. On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:34 AM, CRISLER, JON A <JC1706@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Well- that's a good point, I don't have to stick with Fedora, but my > company is primarily a Red Hat shop. > > > > *From:* Norman Dunbar [mailto:oracle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > *Sent:* Friday, April 11, 2014 11:31 AM > *To:* CRISLER, JON A; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx L > *Subject:* Re: most reliable Fedora version for Oracle ? > > > > Evening John, > > > > Does it have to be Fedora? You can get Oracle Enterprise Linux for free > and simply add on the public repositories for some support. > > > > You can get RHEL in the form of Centos and/or Scientific Linux (my > preference) which both include updates and patches at no cost. > > > > HTH > > > > Cheers, > > Norm. > > > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note III - powered by Three > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: "CRISLER, JON A" > > Date:11/04/2014 15:49 (GMT+00:00) > > To: "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx L" > > Subject: most reliable Fedora version for Oracle ? > > > > I want to set up a Red Hat Fedora test machine at home to run 12c and Grid > Control. Any recommendations on the most reliable Fedora version ? Right > now I am using rev 17 but I am considering upgrading. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- Don Seiler http://www.seiler.us