@GoingMenthol
I can't explain how fast I rushed to Flathub when I found out 3D Pinball was available there
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People, remember. RedHat is, since 2019, just a brand of IBM. And IBM is a very (VERY) old company with its mindset being as old as Adam n' Eve.
@VeronicaExplains
Pinning a comment in response to the pro-corporate lobby. Other EL systems are not just copy/paste. There's a lot of work that goes into it, work that Red Hat encouraged until money got in the way. They don't do what Canonical does for Ubuntu/Debian systems, but it's a lot more than someone's "hobby clone". Some seem to think that these "clones" are a wholesale ripoff. Tell that to the thousands of devs out there building RHEL software (something which helps Red Hat's "open source" bottom line) and using Rocky or Alma as a dev target. I also don't accept the argument that big companies like Oracle (or even Red Hat) shouldn't try to make a buck off of another organization's open source software... in my mind that's similar to what Canonical does with Debian, who are well within their rights to do so. Again, I'm not naive about corporate influence in Linux. Go ahead and write commercial software from open sources, but expect some flack if you don't share your source code freely- particularly after advertising for a generation or two that you'd keep it free as a core principle of your corporate culture. In short- Debian structured their project in a way that allows a company like Canonical to exist without fighting them in the courts. They figured something out that Red Hat's missed. And that, to me, is a reason to choose Debian. EDIT FROM JUNE 2025: for whatever reason this two-year-old video hit the algorithm again. Welcome new subs (!) and I stand by what I said about Red Hat. It's a two year old video so adjust your comment expectations accordingly. :P
@nolgroth
Red Hat was my first distro, which I got from a CD included with some computer magazine, way back in the day. One of my evangelical open source buddies predicted Red Hat pulling a stunt like this someday. I think the only thing about this story that might have surprised him was just how long it took.
@ChazBword
I've been waiting a while for Veronica to give her take on this situation. Thank you for this.
@Brone_K
I appreciate your editing video craftsmanship, it shows that you really enjoy what you do and also the amount of work that you put into this. Thank You, Veronica.
@duncan51
This video is aging like fine wine
@stevepoling
Richard Stallman is probably nodding and muttering, "I told you so."
@Hey-Yaz
Very well said and I agree 100%. I've been slowly moving my machines back to community distros for years now and this just confirms my mindset. Thanks
@woodwardsystems
Debian and Arch are the future! 😊
@kamertonaudiophileplayer847
I am looking at FreeBSD now.
@thatjpwing
I recently switched two of my machines over to Debian 12 (running MATE) and I am really enjoying the experience. The setup process was yards ahead of what it used to be, the distro feels fast, even on my aging ThinkPad T460s, and it feels like I'm doing a good thing for the community. I remember when you could buy copies of RedHat (before the Fedora split and all that) at Kmart back in the '90s; it's a shame to see the direction RedHat has chosen.
@vintagetechno
man, you could turn this story into a mad-lib with how identical it is to what happened recently with Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro and the D&D Open Game License.
@ncc17701a
As an admin myself, I've been through so many different distributions it makes my head spin trying to remember them all! I started off with Slackware, then across to RedHat (up until RedHat 9 when they stopped those releases). Then I moved over to OpenSUSE, United Linux (yeah, I am that old), then SLES. The list goes on. But I am interested to hear your views on AWS Linux. It seems to be gaining traction, and does not get hit by RedHat's decision.
@UnsavedTrash
I only recently found your channel but I want to say, I appreciate just how tactfully you handle reporting these kinds of topics.
@balcobulls
Please dont ever stop. Been listening to you for years and you are great.
@jyothishkumar3098
I'm more into Void Linux than Debian, but I think openSUSE is a good choice too, since it is enterprise backed, but community driven as well. That deserves a honorable mention. I also love the approach they took by focusing on privacy (setting up tight default firewalls), providing their Open Build System for all distros, and also the easy for beginner sysadmins YaST2 Control Panel.
@neilharvey94
RedHat was killed when acquired by IBM. The handwriting was on the wall.
@ObsidianMercian
Thank you for such a thought provoking video! I love the humour you bring to your work! As a corporate IP lawyer, I'm interested in observing how this all plays out and whether any other corporate Linux distributions go the same route. Potentially quite a watershed moment in IT.
@nonenothingnull