If you’re wondering whether charging for Linux is consistent with Linux’s GNU General Public License (GPL), rest assured that it is. The binary version would instead require a subscription, which came at a cost and included some support services. Then one day Red Hat (the company) announced that it would no longer provide a binary version of their flagship OS for free download. Anyone could use it, and many volunteers around the world gave their time for testing, development, and help forums. Although Red Hat the company was a for-profit business, Red Hat Linux was very much a community effort. ![]() Once upon a time, a free and open source OS called Red Hat Linux served as a cornerstone for the Linux community. What is Rocky Linux and where did it come from? The best way to tell the story is to start from the beginning. Rocky is already finding its way into professional server rooms, workstations, and cloud instances. Rocky Linux just appeared last year, partly in response to a shake-up in the enterprise Linux space, but, as is often the case in the open source world, change can lead to opportunity. ![]() ![]() The open source world is constantly evolving, and new Linux distributions tend to appear whenever there is a need for them. Editor’s note: This article by Joe Casad originally appeared in the Rocky Linux Focus Guide, published by Admin Network & Security magazine.
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