A short post just to share a grid with nowadays alternatives to RHEL clones after IBM decision on CentOS.
In order to keep it simple I don’t link to the downloads, you’ll find each download on its own page. Neither I extend my opinion, just a very minimal note. Longer explanations deserves its own post.
UPDATE: I forget to say that the best RHEL clone is RHEL itself. Red Hat should have published this before announcing the changes in CentOS but anyway I consider this a very good idea; you may use a real RHEL up to 16 production machines. A former Red Hat program for Individual Developer was available and it’s going to be substitute by this program.
Name | By | Notes |
Scientific Linux | Fermilab | Not support for general public, done by a public lab. |
ClearOS | ClearFoundation Clearos | RHEL 7 clone. Tested as a very fast distro in performance |
Alma Linux | CloudLinux | Available. |
Unbreakable Linux | Oracle | Oracle clone. |
Rocky Linux | Gregory Kurtzer CIQ Mattermost AWS | Not available |