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   AlmaLinux (almalinux@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Apr-2025 03:57:04 JST AlmaLinux

   If you need an enterprise-grade Linux distribution without a commercial license agreement, AlmaLinux is for YOU! 🫵

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     Richard Fontana (richardfontana@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Apr-2025 03:57:02 JST Richard Fontana

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     • benny Vasquez

     @benny it's not specific to Alma, I find it frustrating when people, including unfortunately some Red Hatters, speak of "RHEL licenses" when they mean RHEL subscriptions

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     Richard Fontana (richardfontana@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Apr-2025 03:57:04 JST Richard Fontana

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     @almalinux not sure if that's implying that RHEL has a "commercial license agreement" but that's not the case (except in the sense that Alma too can be said to be commercially licensed) 🤓

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     benny Vasquez (benny@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Apr-2025 03:57:04 JST benny Vasquez

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     • Richard Fontana

     @richardfontana nah, not meant to throw shade in the way you’re implying. We’re still very young and are still educating the majority of the Linux-using world about who we are.

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     Neal Gompa (ニール・ゴンパ) :fedora: (conan_kudo@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Apr-2025 03:57:11 JST Neal Gompa (ニール・ゴンパ) :fedora:

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     • Richard Fontana
     • benny Vasquez

     @richardfontana @benny It's incredibly annoying. When I observe it, I have to bite my tongue really hard. It's amazing (in a bad way) how much that's said.

     It really sucks because it also makes the "value of subscription" conversation so awkward and difficult.

     A few years ago, I put a comment on Reddit where I described the value proposition of RHEL. I think it still mostly holds true today: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/s8cyfi/rhel_workstation_best_option_for_me/htwmb79/

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