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Canonical, SUSE, Oracle/OpenIndiana, and CentOS

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 04, 2023

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Open-source technologies and cloud computing will continue to power India’s digital economy, says Karmendra Trivedi of Canonical India [Ed: Openwashing with a dash in the middle]

=> ↺ Open-source technologies and cloud computing will continue to power India’s digital economy, says Karmendra Trivedi of Canonical India

[Repeat] SUSE commits to open-source principles in wake of Red Hat move

=> ↺ SUSE commits to open-source principles in wake of Red Hat move

In a statement issued last Thursday, SUSE chief technology officer Dr Thomas Di Giacomo said the implications for vendors, developers and users from Red Hat's change in policy were significant, adding that the move had caused concern within the open source community.

On 21 June, Red Hat announced that it would make source code for its RHEL distribution only available to those who were customers of the company.

Installing Oracle Developer Studio 12.6 on OpenIndiana, a tale of lies

=> ↺ Installing Oracle Developer Studio 12.6 on OpenIndiana, a tale of lies

However, support for Oracle Developer Studio rested on others who are running Oracle Solaris. I want to change that and get Oracle Developer Studio running on one of my own machines. That is going to mean using one of the Illumos distros, since I am not about to pay Oracle to use Solaris.

I chose OpenIndiana because it is the first Illumos distro I think of, and because it is actively well-maintained. If I am going to invest in learning some Solaris, I would like it to be for the long haul; I want to learn one Illumos distro and stick with it. While I am sure other Illumos distros are also well-maintained, I did not spend much time on deciding. I knew OpenIndiana existed, and I chose it.

With that said, I believe these steps will work on all 64-bit x86 Illumos distros.

Join me on my quest to install Oracle Developer Studio 12.6 on Illumos despite Oracle's best attempts to stop me.

CentOS Linux end-of-life update: The plot thickens

=> ↺ CentOS Linux end-of-life update: The plot thickens

For years, CentOS Linux has been an important Linux distro for us and many, many other operators around the world. It’s one of the three options we offer when you spin up a new Virtual Server, and - for now - it’s a core part of our Web Hosting tech stack.

So we have been paying close attention ever since the end of CentOS as we know it was announced in 2021. There has been no need to panic, as CentOS Linux 7 will remain in support until mid-2024, but we have kept an eye on developments and blogged occasional updates as other distros have upped their game and gotten closer to becoming viable CentOS replacements.

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