I'm Done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux)
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I'm Done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux)
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#3Would it be feasible to sed-replace the RHEL and/or Fedora selinux and container-selinux rulesets for use with other Linux distros?
AFAIU only SUSE can run both AppArmor and SELinux?
And browsers are running as unconfined in selinux with like all major distros; even on ChromiumOS (which was based on Gentoo, Gnome, and Chrome) where WASM or a paid shell (or 15-30% cut from the Play Store only) is the only way for the kids to Python on the Chromebooks we bought them for school.
Wouldn't it be great for them to not have to switch OSes and distros throughout the day.
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#4Is this a clickbait title? Or do I misunderstand the word enterprise?
They are not done with using Linux for "a project or undertaking, typically one that is difficult or requires effort." or "a business or company."
They are no longer going to use a specific version of linux that was made by "a business or company."
Do people really care that much about linux distros? Between 2 decades of personal use and a few years of professional Fortune 20 use, linux seems to be linux to me. (Could just be that I have stuck to Debian flavors)
Re: I'm Done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux)
#5Is this a clickbait title? Or do I misunderstand the word enterprise? They are not done with using Linux for "a project or undertaking, typically one that is difficult or requires effort." or "a business or company." They are no longer going to use a specific version of linux that was made by "a business or company." Do people really care that much about linux distros? Between 2 decades of personal use and a few year…
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the name of a product.
Geerling supports a massive collection of Ansible playbooks, which goes pretty far beyond anybody’s personal use of Linux and would explain why this is a bigger deal than you or I ditching support for a distro.
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#6Is this a clickbait title? Or do I misunderstand the word enterprise? They are not done with using Linux for "a project or undertaking, typically one that is difficult or requires effort." or "a business or company." They are no longer going to use a specific version of linux that was made by "a business or company." Do people really care that much about linux distros? Between 2 decades of personal use and a few year…
Geerling is a big name in Red Hat. He’s responsible for most of the popular Ansible packages out there.
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#7I'm surprised at all of the drama surrounding Red Hat's decisions. Red Hat is a for-profit company and not a charity. They (Red Hat) don't make any claims of offering RHEL for free to the whole world. If you want that, Canonical's Ubuntu may be a better option for you. Am I missing something?
Re: I'm Done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux)
#8Is this a clickbait title? Or do I misunderstand the word enterprise? They are not done with using Linux for "a project or undertaking, typically one that is difficult or requires effort." or "a business or company." They are no longer going to use a specific version of linux that was made by "a business or company." Do people really care that much about linux distros? Between 2 decades of personal use and a few year…
> Do people really care that much about linux distros?
They sadly do. There's a whole wave of consultants and engineers tied to the RHEL ecosystem and wouldn't be able to install without typing "yum".
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#9Not going to touch the hair on fire tone of this in general... but one thing worth mentioning is I believe the "freeloader" comment meant Rocky, Alma, Oracle and the likes are the freeloaders who are repackaging and RESELLING without contributing anything.
If you read between the lines in 2020, this was the next logical step coming. I think they should have done both changes back in 2020 and put a wider emphasis on the developer program with free subs, and removing pain in the ass subscription limitations which is why people want to use Cent/Rocky/Alma to begin with.
Re: I'm Done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux)
#10I'm surprised at all of the drama surrounding Red Hat's decisions. Red Hat is a for-profit company and not a charity. They (Red Hat) don't make any claims of offering RHEL for free to the whole world. If you want that, Canonical's Ubuntu may be a better option for you. Am I missing something?
You’re missing the fact that they are pedaling GPL software, and thus they are inclined to be offering it for free to the whole world, definitionally.