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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Thoughts on RHEL going closed source ? (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’m curious about what you think on how it will affect the Linux community and distros (especially RHEL based distros like Fedora or Rocky).

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm going to continue running Debian as I did since 2003 or so.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm happy for you. Some of us have commercial software that needs a RHEL like distro to run.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

supposedly you pay for this software. might as well pay for RHEL too then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We are, but some orgs are more cash strapped than mine.