Red Hat: why I'm going all in on community-driven Linux distros.

You asked for it, you got it. Here's what I think of Red Hat.

Sorry this video took a bit longer than I'd like, since I'm working on finishing my basement (future recording space) at the moment.

Anyway, I'm not planning on dwelling much on Red Hat beyond this- my plan is to move forward with community-driven distros in mind, and recommend those to customers in the months and years ahead. I hope Red Hat gets to a good place again. We'll see.

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Important Red Hat links referenced in today's video:
Their June 21, 2023 blog: www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos…
Red Hat doubles down on June 26, 2023: www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-so…
"Our origin story" page on their website: www.redhat.com/en/about/why-we-choose-open-source
The "Appendix 1" PDF containing license details: www.redhat.com/licenses/Appendix_1_Global_English_…
"Our Code is Open" marketing video:    • Our Code is Open  
Guide for CentOS project code: developers.redhat.com/blog/2021/02/03/a-guide-for-…
Embracing CentOS: www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-and…
Extending CentOS: www.redhat.com/en/blog/transforming-development-ex…
Extinguishing CentOS: blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/
CentOS Stream website: centos.org/centos-stream
Red Hat saying CentOS Stream is not for production: www.redhat.com/en/resources/centos-stream-checklis…
IBM Q1 2023 results: newsroom.ibm.com/2023-04-19-IBM-RELEASES-FIRST-QUA…

Other important links referenced in the video:
Rocky's plan: rockylinux.org/news/keeping-open-source-open/
Debian's "who we are" page: www.debian.org/intro/people
Debian's "who can contribute" page: www.debian.org/intro/help
LWN.net's Kernel 6.1 stats page: lwn.net/Articles/915435/

#linux #opensource #redhat

Chapters:
0:00 Brought to you by corporate greed
1:02 #YARDE (Yet Another RHEL Drama Explanation)
3:08 Scars from CentOS
5:08 So what's next?
6:48 Why am I going all in on Debian?
8:11 The "culture" is the culprit
9:43 What about Pop!_OS?
11:13 Don't tell me what to do, Veronica