The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Dear Red Hat... (Friends)

Jul 14, 2023

Jeff Geerling, a prominent figure in the Ansible community and a critic of Red Hat's recent subscription model, shares his passionate insights on the turmoil surrounding RHEL. He discusses the backlash from the open-source community and the potential rise of alternatives like Rocky Linux and SUSE’s ambitious fork. The conversation dives into the implications of commercialization in open-source software and the impact of corporate decisions on trust within the community. Geerling's candid remarks highlight the ongoing tension between innovation and corporate strategy.

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Episode notes

Intro

2min

The CentOS Shift: Trust and Transformation

24min

Red Hat's Shift and the Linux Landscape

28min

Navigating Open Source and Corporate Tensions

10min

Behind the Scenes of a Major YouTube Project

4min

Journey into Open Source in Small Business

4min

Navigating the Spectrum of Software Development Philosophies

2min

Red Hat’s decision to lock down RHEL sources behind a subscription paywall was met with much ire and opened opportunity for Oracle to get a smack in and SUSE to announce a fork with $10 million behind it.

Few RHEL community members have been as publicly irate as Jeff Geerling, so we invited him on the show to discuss.

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Featuring:

Jeff Geerling – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

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