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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Now that Red Hat is being IBM-fied, should I leave Fedora Kinoite? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Raphael@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I left Ubuntu when they sent all my dock search history to Amazon. But this time is different, should I leave Fedora considering how much it is developed by Red Hat?

I've actively defended this distribution and Red Hat for many years now and I'm deep in their technology but I want to avoid being a Devil's Advocate.

EDIT: I decided to give it some more time, I'll stay on Kinoite for now, if Red Hat's IBMfication reaches Fedora, I'll switch to Debian assuming we don't have a high quality immutable replacement by then. I've been on /r/opensuse and read rbrownsuse's posts enough times to know MicroOS KDE is NOT a good suggestion, their rebranding doesn't clean up their history.

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[–] lightrush@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You should use Debian.

Or Ubuntu if you need long term support, private or corporate, for example. Free 10-year support for up to 5 machines is no joke in my book. They no longer send search results to Amazon. 🥲 If they start again, you can always migrate back to Debian without huge difficulty.

[–] nbailey@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Absolutely. Debian is the only distribution that’s truly safe from a corporate takeover. Some people call their strict governance model onerous, I call it necessary.

[–] wolf@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Here to second this! I highly respect the Fedora community and their distribution, it is awesome work and an awesome platform. Still, when I think long term, I want to run an OS w/o cooperate ties, because all Linux distributions with cooperate ties did shitty things against the community eventually. Your time is not free and life is short - so Debian is one of the few save technology investments you can make at this time IMHO.

[–] CjkOvPDwQW@lemmy.pt 2 points 1 year ago

Of the mainstream ones definitely. Otherwise there are some indepedent distros where that wouldn't happen.

[–] poinck@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Would you say the for Gentoo?