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Summary

  • Open source software has source code that anyone can freely use, study, modify, and share.

  • A Linux distribution is an installable operating system that is constructed from a Linux kernel and that supports user programs and libraries.

  • Red Hat participates in supporting and contributing code to open source projects; sponsors and integrates project software into community-driven distributions; and stabilizes the software to offer it as supported enterprise-ready products.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the open source, enterprise-ready, commercially supported Linux distribution that Red Hat provides.

  • A free Red Hat Developer Subscription is a useful method for obtaining learning resources and information, including developer subscriptions to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and other Red Hat products.

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