CentOS - Dec 2020 - Is Oracle a real alternative to Centos?

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 10:17:04 +0100
Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
> Le 09/12/2020 ? 17:52, Frank Cox a ?crit :
> > Is it necessary to create an Oracle account to do anything with Oracle
Linux
> > that can't be done without creating an account?  In other words,
does Oracle
> > Linux demand that you log into Oracle to complete an installation,
update
> > that installation, install software from their epel-equivalent, or do
any
> > other of the regular sysadmin activities that one would expect to be
doing?
> > If I start installing Oracle Linux on my machines or my client's
machines,
> > what benefit do I get by signing up for an Oracle account that I
don't have
> > if I don't sign up for one?
> 
> https://twitter.com/microlinux_eu/status/1336962009338933248
The image posted at that link is so blurred out that I just can't manage to
read it.  Is it just the part at the bottom that says "Free to use, free to
download, free to update. Always." that I'm supposed to see or is there
something more there?

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Le 10/12/2020 ? 17:18, Frank Cox a ?crit?:
> Is it just the part at the bottom that says "Free to use, free to
download, free to update. Always."
That's it. I know Oracle's history, but I think for Oracle Linux, they
may be
much better than their reputation.

I'm currently fiddling around with it, and I like it very much. Plus
there's a
nice script to turn an existing CentOS installation into an Oracle Linux system.

Cheers,

Niki

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On 10.12.2020 23:18, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 10:17:04 +0100
> Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
> 
>> Le 09/12/2020 ? 17:52, Frank Cox a ?crit :
>>> Is it necessary to create an Oracle account to do anything with
Oracle
 Linux
>>> that can't be done without creating an account?  In other
words, does
 Oracle
>>> Linux demand that you log into Oracle to complete an installation
[...]
>>
>> https://twitter.com/microlinux_eu/status/1336962009338933248
> 
> The image posted at that link is so blurred out that I just can't
manage
 to read it.  Is it just the part at the bottom that says "Free to use,
free
 to download, free to update. Always." that I'm supposed to see or is
there
 something more there?

I am afraid it's beyond Oracle's power to plan for "always".
Such
promises are so easily broken.

Alternately, they should provide local definition of "always"
somewhere
below, in small print.
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Sincerely,

Konstantin Boyandin
system administrator (ProWide Labs Ltd. - IPHost Network Monitor)