
The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Dear Red Hat... (Friends)
Jul 14, 2023 · 1 hr 15 min · 72.3 MB
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Red Hat’s decision to lock down RHEL sources behind a subscription paywall was met with much ire and opened opportunity for Oracle to get a smack in and SUSE to announce a fork with $10 million behind it.
Few RHEL community members have been as publicly irate as Jeff Geerling, so we invited him on the show to discuss.
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Featuring:
- Jeff Geerling – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
- Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- Jeff: Dear Red Hat: Are you dumb?
- Jeff: Removing official support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Jeff: I’m done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux)
- The rise of Rocky Linux with Greg Kurtzer
- Oracle coverage on Changelog News
- Debian is cool
- TechCrunch: Why SUSE is forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Adam Jacob’s tweet
- Red Hat’s June 21st blog post
- Red Hat’s June 26th blog post
- Oracle’s epic press release
- Mike McGrath’s post clarifying use of the term ‘freeloaders’
- Mike McGrath posting about ‘bad-faith action’
- An analysis of the GPL issues with RHEL Business Model
- SUSE’s fork press release
- Rocky Linux’s response
- The problem with Rocky Linux and free beer | LinkedIn
- AlmaLinux’s response
- Huge Open Source Drama - YouTube
- LTX 2023
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
get a smack in
oracle.comannounce a fork
suse.comJeff Geerling
jeffgeerling.comJoin the discussion
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changelog.comFastly
fastly.comfastly.com
fastly.comFly.io
fly.ioTypesense
cloud.typesense.orgWebsite
jeffgeerling.comGitHub
github.comLinkedIn
linkedin.comX
x.comWebsite
jerodsanto.netGitHub
github.comLinkedIn
linkedin.comMastodon
changelog.socialX
x.comWebsite
adamstacoviak.comGitHub
github.comLinkedIn
linkedin.comMastodon
changelog.socialX
x.comJeff: Dear Red Hat: Are you dumb?
jeffgeerling.comJeff: Removing official support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
jeffgeerling.comJeff: I’m done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux)
jeffgeerling.comThe rise of Rocky Linux with Greg Kurtzer
changelog.comOracle coverage on Changelog News
changelog.comDebian is cool
debian.orgTechCrunch: Why SUSE is forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux
techcrunch.comAdam Jacob’s tweet
twitter.comRed Hat’s June 21st blog post
redhat.comRed Hat’s June 26th blog post
redhat.comAn analysis of the GPL issues with RHEL Business Model
sfconservancy.orgRocky Linux’s response
rockylinux.orgAlmaLinux’s response
almalinux.orgHuge Open Source Drama - YouTube
youtube.comLTX 2023
ltxexpo.comPRs welcome!
github.com
- 0:00Let's talk!
- 0:37An inflammatory enigma
- 1:09Dear Red Hat: Are you dumb?
- 7:35Red Hat's reasons
- 8:49CentOS 8 / CentOS Stream
- 10:01The rebuilders are here
- 13:14Zero value leaches?
- 15:43A matter of scale
- 16:47Not the same Red Hat
- 17:48Red Hat was the open company
- 22:43Where the mess started
- 24:05The big winner is Oracle?
- 27:02Oracle: the open company?
- 31:33Young Jerod finds Red Hat
- 33:30Come back to the light side!
- 35:57Walk it back?
- 37:25Give us production ready
- 40:33Open source pirates
- 42:40Jeff's users
- 45:39the freer the freer
- 47:51The spirit of open source
- 49:56We are hackers!
- 51:04"We have to pay our people"
- 52:37The future of open enterprise Linux
- 54:30Jeff the tinkerer
- 57:14Chokepoint capitalism
- 59:22Rocky & Alma's options
- 1:02:24Fight the EULA
- 1:04:22Jeff's upcoming video
- 1:07:48Future homelab episode?
- 1:09:04No Unify?
- 1:10:51Love hosting data
- 1:11:33Jeff's unpop
- 1:13:08The takeaway
- 1:13:21Bye friends!
- 1:14:01Coming up next