On March 31 (no, it's not an April Fool's Day prank) Red Hat announced the free availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux to all developers who sign up for the company's new Developer Program.
So if you're a developer, you can download the latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux from the official Red Hat website.
“With Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat JBoss Middleware available through the program at no cost, developers can use our technology to launch projects and explore solutions, and their development platforms and tools will not need to be ported or have incompatibility issues,” said Harry Mowersenior, director of Developer Tools and Marketing at Red Hat.
But let's see what happens. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat JBoss Middleware operating systems are offered for free and can be used for local application development only, and not for production use, for which a paid subscription is required.
The free RedHat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite consists of RedHat Enterprise Linux Server, various development tools supported by Red Hat for 10 years, including: PHP, Python, Ruby, OpenJDK 7 (1.7), and OpenJDK 8 (1.8), as well as many other open source development tools that receive regular updates from the community.
Download RedHat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite for free
