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AlmaLinux No Longer Aims For 1:1 Compatibility With RHEL (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good for Alma, I say. Why base your business model on RedHat not finding a way to kill it? RedHat is a de facto enterprise standard in part because of the existence of free source-rebuild distributions allowing for small FOSS developers to ensure compatibility. They said so themselves, they want users to either switch to another distribution or pay for RedHat. So let's give them what they want and abandon RHEL compatibility.

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[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t think that “let’s all abandon RHEL so it becomes irrelevant” is the appropriate response here. It’s a matter of freedom and principles. If RHEL exists, a compatible, free and unencumbered alternative should be allowed to exist as well.

RedHat thinks they shouldn't exist, and is trying to maneuver within legal limits to ensure they don't exist. It's not that I agree with RedHat that the compatible clones shouldn't exist. It's that I think RedHat's actions are duplicitous enough that we should no longer see RHEL compatibility as a goal to care about. Much the same way Google has taken actions to distance itself from a dependence on Java after Oracle went all APIs-are-patentable rampage. Why engage with an entity who has a stated goal of ending your existence?

Also, Alma doesn’t have a business model in the same way that Debian doesn’t have a business model. The Alma Linux OS Foundation is a non-profit organization.

I knew there was a foundation behind Alma but hadn't looked into them too much, as I was already thinking of continuing to target RHEL compatibility may have poor business continuity after they killed CentOS as a free RHEL clone.