nixCraft 🐧Jun 21, 2023
Wow. Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability: CentOS Stream will now be the sole repository for public RHEL-related source code releases. For Red Hat customers and partners, source code will remain available via the Red Hat Customer Portal. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream What do you think? #linux #opensource
Furthering the evolution of CentOS Stream

As the CentOS Stream community grows and the enterprise software world tackles new dynamics, we want to sharpen our focus on CentOS Stream as the backbone of enterprise Linux innovation. We are continuing our investment in and increasing our commitment to CentOS Stream. CentOS Stream will now be the sole repository for public RHEL-related source code releases.

Show threadAaron Toponce ⚛️Jun 21, 2023
@nixCraft RHEL is overrated.
Show threadnixCraft 🐧Jun 21, 2023
@atoponce RHEL is popular because corporate can call someone when things go wrong, or a sysadmin or IT guy leaves the job or drop dead. They provide training and support as long as you buy the contract. Otherwise, Debian, Ubuntu, and others are good for anyone.
Show threadAaron Toponce ⚛️Jun 21, 2023

@nixCraft Yes, I'm familiar. I'm RHEL certified and was an RHX for a couple years certifying other admins.

Paying for support contracts means you don't have the confidence in your IT department to address things that go wrong. Sure, the suits can sleep at night as an insurance policy, but it also encourages the team to not take ownership of their infrastructure. "RH can fix it".

There are also plenty of 3rd party Debian contractors that you can pay for support.

RHEL is still overrated.

Show threadAaron
@atoponce @nixCraft As someone with several active cases at Redhat right now, it's nice to be able to pull them in when I'm stuck scratching my head on a problem.

That said, so far every single support case I've opened with Redhat is because they rototilled something that was already working in the previous version and isn't now.

They somehow manage to be both out of date and unstable at the same time, worst of both worlds.
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