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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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RHEL no longer open source (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by KeyLowMike85 to c/[email protected]

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Seems like IBM is going to make RHEL closed source. What's everyone's opinion about the move? I feel RHEL is now the evil villain distro of the community.

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[–] AlEi 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What are the implications of this move on fedora? I've been thinking of moving to fedora but I'm not so sure now

[–] KeyLowMike85 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If i'm not mistaken I don't think that Fedora will be affected because Fedora is upstream from RHEL. Now distros such as Alma, Rocky, and EuroLinux may be affected because they are downstream from RHEL. But I can be wrong.

[–] CaldeiraG 2 points 1 year ago

You're correct :) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XM6BNUHKI3EKTDEXAAVE3JBPCG3BPUJC/

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

So Red Hat benefits from the Fedora Project?