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Looks like Red Hat is increasing the free developer subscription to 240 nodes(twitter.com)
38 points by fariszr 3y ago|9 comments
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by fariszr 3y ago
> We further developed a process for continuing to supply updates as they are released. Fortunately we already had the Peridot build system in place to manage the additional imports and automate them. From where? CentOS stream or directl
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by fariszr 3y ago
Because for many people, Ubuntu is the linux distro. Why? Because it's free, and very simple to use, but if it becomes paid, no matter how good it is, devs will switch to something else, and the market will follow them, gradually.
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by fariszr 3y ago
Thats the client, not package patches
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Ask HN: Is the source code for Ubuntu Pro public?
7 points by fariszr 3y ago|2 comments
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by fariszr 3y ago
Ubuntu PRO is a subscription with 10 year support for Ubuntu main and Universe repos, so more than 10 thousand packages. It's also much cheaper, and comes with more features like kernel live patching.
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by fariszr 3y ago
AFAIK yes, neither on RHEL. There is no official way to do in place upgrades on CentOS stream.
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by fariszr 3y ago
Red hat upstreams a lot of their patches, much more than Debian or Ubuntu.
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by fariszr 3y ago
Yeah, but we all know Ubuntu is used because its beginner-friendly and free. Once it becomes paid, poof everyone switches to Debian.
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by fariszr 3y ago
> Rocky Linux remains dedicated to its mission of delivering a community-based, accessible, and transparent EL operating system. The project pledges to keep its promise to maintain the full life-span of support for Rocky 8 and 9, and to
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Rocky Linux Expresses Confidence Despite Red Hat's Announcement(rockylinux.org)
99 points by fariszr 3y ago|92 comments
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by fariszr 3y ago
I mean they might've already done it, is Ubuntu Pros source code open?
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by fariszr 3y ago
Well, for those people who like upgrading, CentOS Stream still doesn't support in place upgrades.
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by fariszr 3y ago
But why? What would they gain? You think Microsoft is interested in Linux enterprise support?
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by fariszr 3y ago
Its relatively independent, but I don't see how fedora can be a RHEL replacement.
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by fariszr 3y ago
But these restrictions are on the account not the code? This will probably end up in court anyway.
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by fariszr 3y ago
It's not a violation, because every RHEL user is a customer, which has access to the source code. They can't sue you for redistribution, but they can ban your account for breaking their T&C.
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by fariszr 3y ago
> In the immediate term, our plan is to pull from CentOS Stream updates and Oracle Linux updates to ensure security patches continue to be released. These updates will be carefully curated to ensure they are 1:1 compatible with RHEL, whi
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by fariszr 3y ago
i mean you can do that now with a RHEL dev licenses, you have up to 16 free servers
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by fariszr 3y ago
I mean you can just use it as a free VPS, have backups of everything and you should be fine
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by fariszr 3y ago
My main issue with SUSE is 3rd party support. For example docker doesn't have an official repo for openSUSE/SUSE, so you are stuck with their outdated version or Podman, which is also outdated.
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by fariszr 3y ago
Most T&C have a clause allowing them to simply end any subscription without needing a clear reason. And I doubt rocky or almalinux want to start a cat and mouse game of opening accounts and these accounts getting banned by Red Hat.
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by fariszr 3y ago
Something worth mentioning, is that RHEL has a free Developer subscription, which includes 16 free dedicated devices. The only issue is that many cloud providers don't have RHEL as an OS option, so you can't use it on your average
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by fariszr 3y ago
Sure, what I'm saying is, its too early to do this. People have barely started migrating, and there is already infighting. Thats a problem because beehaw seems to be the largest with many established subreddit communities, which limits
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by fariszr 3y ago
IMO mastodon failed to replace Twitter because high profiles didn't migrate. but in Reddits case, you follow an interest instead of a specific person, meaning if enough people are active in the tech community on Lemmy it can replace re
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by fariszr 3y ago
Why not? As long as people stick on topic, they should be able to post from other servers, that's the whole point of federation.
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by fariszr 3y ago
Where did I call for centralization?
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by fariszr 3y ago
The issue is this instance seems to be the largest, with many established subreddit on it. Now people will have to split between multiple clones on other instances. At least wait for people to settle in first!
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by fariszr 3y ago
As if being a federated network wasn't enough of a hurdle for new users, now we have instances blocking each other already. Lemmy has a great chance achieving what mastodon couldn't, because its the community that matters, not spe
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Lemmy Instances are already blocking each other(beehaw.org)
43 points by fariszr 3y ago|80 comments

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