On 5 April 2016 at 13:31, Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole at gmail.com> wrote: > On 2016-04-04, Timothy Murphy > <gayleard at eircom.net> wrote: > > I read that Redhat was offering their Linux free, and downloaded the > > ISO, though I haven't run it. > > > > What do CentOS users think of Redhat's offer? > > I think it's an excellent opportunity for developers, and for the simply > curious. > > > > > The registration with Redhat seemed very bureaucratic to me, > > and I'm not sure if I have carried it out properly. > > You should receive an email confirmation from Red Hat. In my case it > only arrived after I had entered my RH account details when installing > the new OS. That could just be a coincidence, of course. > > > Also, I didn't see if it was possible to get updates, > > either with dnf or some other way. > > Updates are available through yum in the normal way. Dnf is available in > the EPEL 7 repository. > > I wouldn't use dnf from EPEL though ;) > > > > I've been (and am) very pleased with CentOS, > > which I've been running for several years, > > and I don't particularly want to change. > > > > Any views on this? > > One thing that struck me is that the (free) developer subscription is > valid for only one year. It is not clear whether the subscription can be > freely renewed thereafter. I wouldn't advocate a full migration just > yet! > > The $99 sub is per year, this is just a free version of that and RH have no way (nor would it be sensible for them to) create an unlimited life subscription on their systems/platform. How long they'll keep this programme? Well that's crystal ball time and I guess depends on the uptake and how this helps with their developers conferences. It's not like they lock you in with proprietary tech though ...