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Enterprise Linux

Let's talk AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and more

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📆 Agenda

Today, we will talk about:

1. RedHat Enterprise Linux
2. Rocky Linux
3. AlmaLinux OS
4. Oracle Linux
5. SUSE Enterprise Linux
6. Canonical Ubuntu LTS

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🤗 Hi

• My Name is Daniel.
• Some might say, I am a "DevOps engineer", ...
• ... but I see myself as an IT craftsman.
• I am also contributing to Open Source, democratizing software.
• I do some blogging, conferences and organizing meetups.
• I love cats, cooking, coffee, cookies, computer thingies (technical term), ...
• ... and Penguins, of course.

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❓ What does "Enterprise" mean?

• Long Term Support
• Ticket support available
• Common security standards
• Certified Hardware

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🎩 RedHat Enterprise Linux

• huge influence (systemd, pipewire, realmd, ...)
• huge ecosystem (OpenShift, Ansible, IoT, ...)
• involved in ~1 million FOSS projects
• free for up to 16 machines
• account and subscription mandatory
• several support options
• enterprise features (live patching, CVE, RHSA, ...)

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🪨 Rocky Linux

• based on RHEL
• mostly Linux
• bug-by-bug + feature-by-feature compatible with RHEL
• free for all
• support contracts via CIQ

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☁️ ALmaLinux OS / Cloud Linux

• based on CentOS Stream
• mostly Linux
• ABI compatibly with RHEL
• free for all
• lots of tooling around
• hosting options
• support contracts via AlmaLinux and Cloud Linux

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🐉 Oracle Linux

• based on RHEL
• Linux, but mostly meant for Oracle databases
• RHEL compatible, but with additions
• free for all
• lots of tooling around
• cloud, hosting and on-premises options
• support contracts via Oracle

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🦎 SUSE Enterprise Linux

• based in Germany
• lots of influence (SAP, Telekom, Post, ...)
• huge ecosystem (OBS, SUSE Manager, ...)
• involved in many FOSS tools (gcc, perl, ...)
• free in form of OpenSUSE
• several support options
• enterprise features (live patching, auditing, central management, ...)

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🐧 Canonical Ubuntu LTS

• very well known by techies
• lots of influence (Google, Travis, Microsoft, ...)
• huge community
• huge ecosystem (matchbox, microk8s, snap, ...)
• biggest package base
• free for all
• several support options
• enterprise features via subscription

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⭐ Honorable mentions

• CentOS Stream (nice, but wonky)
• Debian GNU/Linux (rock solid, but no support options)
• FreeBSD (not a Linux)
• Amazon Linux (For AWS only)

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❤️ Thank you

You can find me all over the interwebs:

• 🐘 https://fosstodon.org/@dschier
• 🔧 https://github.com/dschier-wtd
• 🔧 https://github.com/whiletruedoio
• 🖋️ https://blog.while-true-do.io
• ✉️ [[email protected]]mailto:[email protected]

Slides and example code at: https://github.com/dschier-wtd/presentation/.