On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 12:53 PM Matti Pulkkinen <mkjpul@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Ruslanas Gžibovskis kirjoitti 15.12.2020 klo 18.04: > > I think Peter have already spent some time and read around agreement and so > > on. So the price is understandable. And really, everyone need to keep in > > mind that anyone can change their licence any time. > > > > If You ask personally me, Matti, I do not see point using oracleLinux if > > can use Rocky/fedora out of cost. Same as I do not see any point in using > > any derivative of Debian if you just can add additional repo and install > > missing package... > > > > CentOS was free of charge RedHat Flag. And now their banner/flag do not > > look so trustful in free area... I still would trust paid version, > > especially when there is no-cost licence. Also you can connect to RH sales > > and get real goood discounts. If you are a small business in small country. > > > > But free flag is in uncertain situation. > > > > And I have been working with UBK or how is shortened their unbreakable > > kernel... No good ;)) we managed to break it ;)) and recover DB. > > > > If you really want you always can just look at config file how kernel is > > made and rebuild it with your additions or exactly same in exact same > > place. Also take additional blobs and place them where you need... if > > needed. But you need to understand if that all you really need? Maybe you > > just need to shorten tcp.fin_wait to 1 sec ;) and it will work as a charm > > even with 2.6.18... with all unneeded options off, such as kernel modules, > > usb, sata123... > > > > You just need to: > > su -c 'echo "1" > /proc/enable/brain' > > > > Without this module either OS will work. > > > > And choosing OS is like choosing your partner, you need to understand, for > > how long you have same path and why your partner did that move, did partner > > prepared all that you would have all cases covered with new WoW... > > > > Thanks > > The main takeaway from this seems to be that your answer to my question > is "no". Oracle can indeed change their terms if they so wish, and this > is to be expected for any distro vendor or community. You seemed to be > insinuating that there is something specifically in Oracle's current > terms or practices that you find objectionable, but it is reassuring > that this does not seem to be the case after all. > I think this is a good example of when to see how much you can make your deployment distro-agnostic. At home I have been trying to make my ansible playbooks so they can work in both redhat (specifically centos as there are differences) and debian based distros. With that said I do know my playbooks to deploy KVM and docker are a bit weak on the debian side. > -- > Terveisin / Regards, > Matti Pulkkinen > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos