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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.

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[–] Krafting@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Red hat is based off fedora, so nothing will change with fedora!

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Many who won't bother with RHEL any more will not package their third party applications for any RPM based distro.

[–] turdas@suppo.fi 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most RPMs for third party applications are already packaged specifically for Fedora rather than RHEL.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I would say that depends on desktop vs. server software.