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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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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] 3 points 2 years ago

Big Blue asserting their dominance. Unfortunately at the cost of some very fantastic community projects.

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

I was there at nearly the beginning with Redhat 1 and kernel series 1.1.x and 1.2.x series. Redhat died when IBM bought them. My company has finally completely moved away - I pushed very strongly to dump RHAT - all Debian and FreeBSD now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

This has been coming for a long time.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Ehh, well it's something interesting. I've never really ever used RHEL myself on any of my servers. I do know some people that might be impacted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

it's unfortunate

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

As a strictly desktop/personal Linux user, could someone enlighten me: What advantage (if any) does RHEL have over Ubuntu Pro at this point?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I guess "torrenting a Linux distro" will have a completely new meaning 😁

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