Jeff Geerling

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. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Learn more at fastly.com Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps and databases close to your users. In minutes you can run your Ruby, Go, Node, Deno, Python, or Elixir app (and databases!) all over the world. No ops required. Learn more at fly.io/changelog and check out the speedrun in their docs. Typesense – Lightning fast, globally distributed Search-as-a-Service that runs in memory. You literally can’t get any faster! Featuring:Jeff Geerling – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: Jeff: Dear Red Hat: Are you dumb? Jeff: Removing official support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Jeff: I’m done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux) The rise of Rocky Linux with Greg Kurtzer Oracle coverage on Changelog News Debian is cool TechCrunch: Why SUSE is forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux Adam Jacob’s tweet Red Hat’s June 21st blog post Red Hat’s June 26th blog post Oracle’s epic press release Mike McGrath’s post clarifying use of the term ‘freeloaders’ Mike McGrath posting about ‘bad-faith action’ An analysis of the GPL issues with RHEL Business Model SUSE’s fork press release Rocky Linux’s response The problem with Rocky Linux and free beer | LinkedIn AlmaLinux’s response Huge Open Source Drama - YouTube LTX 2023 Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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.

Daniel Hooper lists out good ideas in computer science, Jeff Geerling predicts corporate open source decline in 2024, Jared Turner believes works-in-progress are wasteful, Daroc Alden discusses leadership crisis in Nix community, John Hawthorn explains Ruby's speed.

Daniel Hooper lists out all the good ideas in computer science, Jeff Geerling declares 2024 the year corporate open source dies, Jared Turner says all kinds of works-in-progress are waste, Daroc Alden covers the leadership crisis in the Nix community & John Hawthorn explains why Ruby may be faster than you think.

Jeff Geerling, owner of Midwestern Mac, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss the importance of storytelling, problem-solving, and community in the world of cloud. They delve into the value of beginner-friendly content and storytelling in cloud marketing. They also compare managed Nat Gateway's and Raspberry Pis and highlight the importance of community in technology. Being an independent content creator and the importance of a lasting point of contact are also discussed.