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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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Moving away from RHEL based distros, whats good ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi, mostly i use REHL based distros like Centos/Rocky/Oracle for the solutions i develop but it seems its time to leave..

What good server/minimal distro you use ?

Will start to test Debian stable.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven’t been keeping up, what happened?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/dear-red-hat-are-you-dumb

TL;DR - RedHat is going to wall off all their code/packages behind a paywall meaning the only way to use RedHat is with a paid subscription.

[–] MigratingtoLemmy 4 points 2 years ago

That's IBM for you

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Well that sucks.

Do you know if they will still contribute upstream?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Does it require a paid subscription? You can have a free developer account. I didn't see anything in the Red Hat post besides it being available through the customer portal, which you have access to with a free account.