Red Hat today launched an initiative intended to make a free distribution of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) available to individual developers working within a corporate environment. Chris Wells, senior director of product marketing for RHEL, said the Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Business Developers program will reduce the level of friction that developers of […]
Best of 2024: RIP CentOS. Hello AlmaLinux Rocky Linux, CentOS Stream or RHEL
CentOS 7’s official end of life is June 30th. What should a DevOps team do? We help you consider your choices.
RIP CentOS. Hello AlmaLinux Rocky Linux, CentOS Stream or RHEL
CentOS 7’s official end of life is June 30th. What should a DevOps team do? We help you consider your choices.
The Great CentOS Linux Migration: How We Got Here and What’s Next
Finding post-EOL support and patches will allow organizations to have a runway for the migration from CentOS to different Linux distributions.
Forking RHEL! Oracle and SUSE Join the Fight ¦ Silverman Sues AI Firms
In this week’s #TheLongView: SUSE announces a Red Hat Enterprise Linux fork after Oracle said a similar thing, and Sarah Silverman says OpenAI and Meta have stolen her words.
IBM/Red Hat Sparks Anger at GPL ‘breach’ as RHEL Source Locked Up
In this week’s #TheLongView: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) goes closed source. Well—not really, but …
Red Hat Enhances Insights to Simplify RHEL Management
This week at its Red Hat Summit event, Red Hat introduced an expanded set of capabilities to Red Hat Insights that simplify management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Managing Linux across the hybrid cloud is complex, and it’s made even more so because of current macroeconomic conditions and the challenge of finding and retaining […]
Red Hat Adds Service to Customize RHEL Images
Red Hat this week announced a public beta of an Image Builder service that streamlines the process of building customized instances of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system. Scott Herold, director of product management for RHEL at Red Hat, said the Image Builder service enables an IT team to define a “gold” template […]
Rocky Linux Emerges as a CentOS Replacement
Rocky Linux was created to offer the community an alternative following Red Hat’s recent decision to shift its focus away from CentOS—the open source version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). However, the Linux distro’s popularly can also be attributed to how its creator sought to offer a superior alternative based on lessons learned during CentOS’ […]
CentOS Rebellion Against Red Hat Gains Momentum
Two insurgent efforts to make sure the CentOS distribution remains viable have been launched following a decision by Red Hat to no longer invest in that fork of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution. Launched in 2006, CentOS is widely employed by IT organizations that need an open source distribution of Linux to, for […]