Software remains pretty much the same. but at twice the price Share
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server has maintained the same starting price over the past few years. Now, changes to the way the software is licensed have doubled the cost for some self-support customers using virtual machines.
The change dates back to 2019, when Red Hat said its Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, Self-support (RH0197181) was in the process of being retired and has been superseded by Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Entry Level, Self-support (RH00005). According to a Red Hat spokesperson, RH00005 debuted in 2013 and RH0197181 stopped being sold in 2015.
First of many new programs, says biz, but it is no substitute for free CentOS
Tim Anderson Wed 20 Jan 2021 // 20:04 UTC Share
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Red Hat, which is killing CentOS Linux in favour of CentOS Stream, will extend its developer subscription to allow free production use of RHEL for up to 16 systems.
CentOS Linux is a community build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and therefore suitable for production use. CentOS Stream, which will remain available, is a preview build of what is likely to be in RHEL – great for testing but not ideal for production use.
The popularity of CentOS, which drives 17.7 per cent of Linux-based web sites, according to W3Techs, has led to a strong public response to Red Hat s decision, including the forming of alternative free builds such as Rocky Linux and Project Lenix, which is now known as Alma Linux.