I see a lot of posts about Redhat for putting their code base behind a paywall. I’ve only been using Linux as my main desktop OS for a couple of years now. Someone recommended Fedora at the time, and I’ve been happy with it. I had previously tried PopOS, Mint, and Ubuntu, but none of them convinced me to switch from Windows full time until I tried again with Fedora.

How will what Redhat is doing affect Fedora for the home user? Should I start considering something else?

Edit: thanks for all of the responses! Sticking with fedora for now it is.

  • glitched_lesbian@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    My understanding is that Fedora is upstream of RHEL, and more of a “sister” than a “descendent”. I don’t believe it will be affected at all.

    Of course, Red Hat may yet put less effort into maintaining Fedora to increase profitability (they’re a huge sponsor), but it will not be going proprietary. I think Fedora is a safe bet.