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>Red Hat seems to be upping the limit to 240 sockets per developer as of this writing -- EDIT: I read twitter, seems it may mean number of machines as opposed

by jmclnx 3y ago

>Red Hat seems to be upping the limit to 240 sockets per developer as of this writing -- EDIT: I read twitter, seems it may mean number of machines as opposed to open sockets. But a very confusing post. I stopped with RHEL 2 months ago at work, I use Slackware at home. What does that quote mean, if I get a RHEL developer license, am I limited to the number of open sockets ? That almost goes back to the per user licenses in the old UNIX Days. If I ever had to use RHEL, I would now say no just because of this.

buzer 3y ago
> am I limited to the number of open sockets I assume they mean CPU sockets.
- jmclnx 3y ago
  I was thinking the same, if so that is a direct line to how AIX is provisioned, limitations on use and pay more to get more. I the author of the post says, time stop RHEL support. I wonder if/when the FSF will weigh in.
  - jmclnx 3y ago
    >TYPO: I the author of the post says I meant to say: Like the author of the post says
- yrro 3y ago
  In Red Hat Subscription Management I can see that each entitlement for the "Red Hat Developer Subscription for Individuals" product is good for a system with up to 128 sockets. And you get 16 (or possibly 240, or possibly this is a bug) entitlements.
  - yrro 3y ago
    It's now back down to 16, aww!
keeler 3y ago
> I use Slackware at home. Slackware was my first distro decades ago, and I have lots of fond memories learning Linux with it. How is it these days? What makes it your distro of choice at home in 2023?
- systems_glitch 3y ago
  Not OP, but: stable, with up-to-date packages. Configuration and maintenance does not change drastically between versions (there's a paper manual, it's on its second revision). I can be heads-down on something for months and not run updates, and then run them and they apply fine and don't hose anything. Long support for releases, both officially and on slackbuids.org
  - jmclnx 3y ago
    Plus, IIRC, Slackware may provide custom support for unsupported releases for a fee. >If for some reason you are unable to upgrade or handle your own security patches, limited security support may be available for a fee. From https://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-11.0/ChangeLog.txt https://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-11.0/ChangeLog.txt
- 2b3a51 3y ago
  From my end user perspective Slackware 15.0 works fine - up to date(ish) packages with what might be described as 'conservative' (old school) administration. For server use it might be best to have a look at the Slackware forum... https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/ https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/ and perhaps post a few questions once you have evaluated the basic OS. Build scripts for software outside of base is at http://slackbuilds.org/ http://slackbuilds.org/ There are various third party scripts for automating installation for software outside of the base.
systems_glitch 3y ago
Slackware ftw. Came back to Slackware on pretty much all workstations/laptops around 10 years ago. Some servers are also running it but mostly I've switched to OpenBSD.
hhhfgshanda828 3y ago
Whether machines or sockets, it doesn't matter, 240 is an insanely large amount to be given out like that. I'm flabbergasted that people are complaining about this.

by jmclnx 3y ago

buzer 3y ago

> am I limited to the number of open sockets I assume they mean CPU sockets.

jmclnx 3y ago
I was thinking the same, if so that is a direct line to how AIX is provisioned, limitations on use and pay more to get more. I the author of the post says, time stop RHEL support. I wonder if/when the FSF will weigh in.
- jmclnx 3y ago
  >TYPO: I the author of the post says I meant to say: Like the author of the post says
yrro 3y ago
In Red Hat Subscription Management I can see that each entitlement for the "Red Hat Developer Subscription for Individuals" product is good for a system with up to 128 sockets. And you get 16 (or possibly 240, or possibly this is a bug) entitlements.
- yrro 3y ago
  It's now back down to 16, aww!

keeler 3y ago

> I use Slackware at home. Slackware was my first distro decades ago, and I have lots of fond memories learning Linux with it. How is it these days? What makes it your distro of choice at home in 2023?

systems_glitch 3y ago
Not OP, but: stable, with up-to-date packages. Configuration and maintenance does not change drastically between versions (there's a paper manual, it's on its second revision). I can be heads-down on something for months and not run updates, and then run them and they apply fine and don't hose anything. Long support for releases, both officially and on slackbuids.org
- jmclnx 3y ago
  Plus, IIRC, Slackware may provide custom support for unsupported releases for a fee. >If for some reason you are unable to upgrade or handle your own security patches, limited security support may be available for a fee. From https://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-11.0/ChangeLog.txt https://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-11.0/ChangeLog.txt
2b3a51 3y ago
From my end user perspective Slackware 15.0 works fine - up to date(ish) packages with what might be described as 'conservative' (old school) administration. For server use it might be best to have a look at the Slackware forum... https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/ https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/ and perhaps post a few questions once you have evaluated the basic OS. Build scripts for software outside of base is at http://slackbuilds.org/ http://slackbuilds.org/ There are various third party scripts for automating installation for software outside of the base.

systems_glitch 3y ago

Slackware ftw. Came back to Slackware on pretty much all workstations/laptops around 10 years ago. Some servers are also running it but mostly I've switched to OpenBSD.

hhhfgshanda828 3y ago

Whether machines or sockets, it doesn't matter, 240 is an insanely large amount to be given out like that. I'm flabbergasted that people are complaining about this.