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What does ‘enterprise Linux’ actually mean? Not asking snarkily; I’m curious what the main differences are between this and other Linux distros. Is it mostly ab
by kdamica 6mo ago
What does ‘enterprise Linux’ actually mean? Not asking snarkily; I’m curious what the main differences are between this and other Linux distros. Is it mostly about getting good tech support?
- ehnto 6mo agoYeah it's about support contracts, which covers a lot of services actually such as maintaining security audited package repositories. But most importantly it's about support life cycles you can rely on for a long term investment of time and infrastructure outlays. For example, RHEL 10 has a planned support phase out until 2035, with extended support available until 2038. They do tend to have a different goal for their intial installation and configuration to consumer distros, with a focus on security and providing tools you will need in an enterprise hosting environment.
- vmilner 6mo ago> For example, RHEL 10 has a planned support phase out until 2035, with extended support available until 2038. I wonder if that's 19 Jan 2038. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
- Conan_Kudo 6mo agoRHEL 10 lacks 32-bit x86 packages, so it goes past that date. RHEL 9 support ends before that date.
- apexalpha 6mo agoSLAs, support, LTS services etc...
- pm90 6mo agoIf you have more than a 100 linux machines you certainly need someone who knows linux to support them. You can either hire a team to do this or hire someone who will manage a support contract with suse/ubuntu/red hat etc.
- nunez 6mo agoSupport, especially for older releases (which is important for heavily regulated companies that can't upgrade on a dime). More heavily vetted (i.e. older) kernel and support for every package in their repository. Guaranteed security hotfixes with some time guarantees. Training and certification programs.