Fedora and its editions

Posted Dec 10, 2020 5:03 UTC (Thu) by mroche (subscriber, #137163)
In reply to: Fedora and its editions by jccleaver
Parent article: Fedora and its editions

> It's a bit ironic that, with CentOS Linux going away, "Fedora Server" actually *is* the RPM-based free release with the best ABI/compatibility guarantee at the moment.

In terms of “at the moment”, CentOS still holds that title. After December 31, 2021, I see that title transitioning to Oracle Enterprise Linux, which would be way more ironic in my opinion. That is, assuming Rocky Linux doesn’t get off the ground to fill the void of being a community run enterprise operating system as a rebuild of RHEL proper with a 1:1 bug compatibility goal. My understanding of OEL is that it’s not just a rebuild of RHEL, but they also apply their own patch fixes to things, so it’s not a perfect 1:1, or so I’ve read. And there’s also the smaller rebuilds, such as Springdale, but I don’t see people hopping ship to those. Fedora Server is a fine edition of the distribution, but there are other projects that exist today which have closer compatibility guarantees.