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Should we be wary of Red Hat? (lemmy.cafe)

submitted 4 days ago by propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe to c/linux@programming.dev

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They were bought by IBM a few years back, but even aside from that they’re a corporation and they care about making money above all else.

It looks like Red Hat is doing its damnedest to consolidate as much power for themselves within the Linux ecosystem.

I don’t think the incessant Fedora shilling is unrelated.

It seems like there isn’t much criticism of the company or their tactics, and I’m curious if any of you think that should change.

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[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Shills or no shills, using Debian does not reduce your reliance on Red Hat software all that much

Maybe, but if, based on one loud mouth in a Lemmy thread I began a whole intensive programme of de-redhatting my life, that would be a bit dumb ;-)

But veering a little more away from using Redhat or Fedora, seems a proportionate response to finally feeling there really is bad faith shilling and genuine red flags. My inflammatory language was perhaps just an emotional expression of that.

Does your distro use systemd? ... If so, Red Hat has a lot of influence on the evolution of your distro

And that was part of the controversy, wasn't it? And part of why, if vague memory serves, Debian resisted it at first. Perhaps your comment vindicates them!

I also think not being idiotic means acknowledging facts.

Sounds like a pretty sensible policy :) Thanks

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

What happened to the Internet? Reasonable people everywhere.

Yes, I think that the skepticism towards systemd was deserved even if we have to acknowledge that it also brought improvements in some areas.

I also concede that actively supporting a distro like Debian is important for the role they play in the ecosystem, regardless of the software overlap with other distros.

I too was oversimplifying obviously.

Thank you for the reply.