Desktop... or Workstation... or Client... RHEL 6

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A bit disappointed at the moment. I want to run RHEL 6 on my desktop (I still can't be as productive using Fedora yet...) and I can't figure out which subscription would be the best option.

I first looked here:
https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/desktop/

But.. the descriptions were somewhat vague.

so, I click on one of the titles which took me to a compare page:
http://www.redhat.com/products/enterprise-linux/desktop/compare.html

Which introduced another version?

Does anyone have a handle on whether $49/yr (desktop) subscription would work for a single proc desktop and what the downfall would be?
Or - do I need to "upgrade" to the $149/yr (workstation) subscription?

Thanks in adavnce!

Another option I could use an available Server subscription on my desktop, but I can't figure out what I would be missing then. I assume things like Evolution, OpenOffice, etc.. are not included?

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andriusb's picture Red Hat Guru 3695 points
13 August 2013 5:44 PM

Hi James,

This has definitely been a challenge to explain, but the way I see this is that Desktop is for uni-processor systems, and have a more limited package set compared to Workstation and Server.

Workstation is very similar to Server in package set, but the use case is different. One can only use Workstation in single-user mode, and not used as a server.

https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/54175

Hope this gets you started!

james.radtke@siriusxm.com's picture Guru 6863 points
14 August 2013 1:34 AM

Thanks Andrius. I actually purchased the $49 sub, but have not had time to download the "RHEL 6 Client" media yet. If I am understanding this correctly there is Client, Workstation and Server. I don't know if there is an actual release titled "Desktop" for download.

Thanks again for the link - that actually did clear up some other questions I had.

andriusb's picture Red Hat Guru 3695 points
14 August 2013 2:48 AM

Hi James, if you are truly using Client as a desktop, this should hopefully cover you from a package set perspective. The naming changed from "Desktop" to "Client" when RHEL 6 was released, so a lot of us still get confused. ;) Good luck, and hope it works out! Keep us posted!

SB Newbie 7 points
5 August 2017 9:23 AM

Hi Everyone this is Sourav from India, and i want to know he difference among RHLE Server, Client, Workstation? where the needed and when, if i want to work eith linux administration then which one of these would be better?

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