[CentOS-devel] First round of RHEL programs announced

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 9:50 AM Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch> wrote:
>
> > Am 21.01.21 um 12:04 schrieb Ljubomir Ljubojevic:
> >> 2. It is not clear if only server variants are allowed or if RHEL
> >> Workstation variant will be able to register under Individual Developer
> >> license. I use CentOS 8 on my laptop and have Apache + MySQL +
> >> PostgreSQL installed although rarely used. What variant
> >> Workstation/Server should be installed in such case and will there be
> >> any limits what can be installed if one is chosen instead of the other
> >> (I never installed RHEL aside from initial beta releases and will have
> >> to research this first)? CentOS has all the packages from all the RHEL
> >> variants accessible in single variant.
> >
> > I had the same question and found this:
> >
> > https://developers.redhat.com/articles/faqs-no-cost-red-hat-enterprise-linux#
> >
> > Q/A 14.
> >
> > "Note that subscriptions are for a specific variant, such as desktop,
> > workstation, or server. The no-cost subscription is for Red Hat
> > Enterprise Linux Server, which is a superset of the other editions."
>
> I'm also wondering about the support cycle. Do the no-cost subscriptions
> have the same length as the paid subscriptions? That's the whole 10 years
> for EL7 or EL8?
>

Yes, they do. You get access to updates and such for the entire
lifecycle of the RHEL product.



-- 
真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth!