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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Red Hat announces No-Cost RHEL for small production environments (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 years ago

This just feels a little like more IBM bait and switch to me.

CentOS/RHEL parity worked so well for so long and RH Support and Professional Services stood on their own merit.

I still feel like they just threw all that perceived faith, benevolence and trust right out the window.

Teams I'd worked on used RHEL in production all over the place, because we knew we didn't have lock in and would employ their professional services through out the SDLC and infrastructure lifecycles.