Re: not a Centos topic, but since many had concerns ......

[R C <cjvijf@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/2/21 4:21 PM, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
> On 2/2/21 5:10 PM, R C wrote:
> > On 2/2/21 4:04 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 03:49:35PM -0700, R C wrote:
> > > > This is what I read today, might have been around longer though, 
> > > > don't know.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "New Year, new Red Hat Enterprise Linux programs: Easier ways to
> > > > access RHEL"
> > > >
> > > > https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/new-year-new-red-hat-enterprise-linux-programs-easier-ways-access-rhel 
> > > It came out a few weeks ago but the program is live as of yesterday.
> > >
> > > In short:
> > >
> > > 1. Register at https://developers.redhat.com/register
> > >
> > > 2. You'll now see a developer subscription allowing up to 16 systems 
> > > listed
> > >     at https://access.redhat.com/management/subscriptions
> > >
> > > 3. Download and install from 
> > > https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/download
> > >
> > > 4. sudo subscription-manager register --username $USERNAME
> > >     (where $USERNAME is the email address you registered with)
> > >
> > > and there you go.
> > >
> > > It says "Developer Subscription" but the new terms allow each 
> > > individual to
> > > have up to 16 systems for production use. See the (single page) 
> > > terms here:
> >
> > I would not use it for production, or commercial purposes, just so I 
> > have the same at home (or close) as at work. I wonder, does that mean 
> > you can have  up to 16 licensed servers/workstations running at a 
> > time? Or over time, when you discard equipment, and need to install 
> > another machine/desktop, whatever by the time you're at 17 start paying?
>
> When I was thinking similar situation over - with different kind of 
> proprietary product free up to some number... my sentiment ended up 
> being: OK, I plan all my future well, and fit all into that restricted 
> number, let's say 16. But what if at some point they change their mind 
> and this number suddenly becomes 12. I definitely can not plan what in 
> the future they will do. And specifically recent events showed that 
> they do change things.
>
> And the I went free open source route. And never regretted.
>
> But it is everybody's individual decision, and those who make it will 
> have only themselves to blame if ever get into trouble as the result.
>
> Incidentally, I for one blame myself that I have to change my routine 
> from CentOS [to Debian]. Not that that is much of a hassle. This is 
> not the first migration in my life, and hopefully not the last one ;-) 
> - meaning long life for myself, not short life for Debian.
>
> Valeri
well, my point is not that I don't know what alternative to use, there 
is enough, I couldn't care less to use Ubuntu or something. (I actually 
have an Ubuntu machine as well as a Debian machine, for two very 
specific  applications.)


The reason why I have some Centos stuff is because it is very close to 
Redhat, and where I work we use A LOT of redhat 
machines/servers/clusters, so it is just convenience. That is why I used 
Centos, and if this mechanism/program is available, well, I'll use that.



> > (I am checking that with a redhat rep that we have at work too).
> >
> >
> > > https://www.redhat.com/wapps/tnc/viewterms/72ce03fd-1564-41f3-9707-a09747625585?extIdCarryOver=true&sc_cid=701f2000001Css0AAC 
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > It may also be of interest to note something which I hadn't realized 
> > > before:
> > > this subscription includes the "EUS" offering which provides security
> > > updates to select minor releases (so you can "pin" to that minor 
> > > release),
> > > which is something CentOS never did.
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