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Aug 12, 2023 · Fundamentals

What’s OpenELA? How Three IT Giants Are Reviving Enterprise Linux After CentOS’s End

Three major IT companies—SUSE, Oracle, and CIQ—have formed the Open ELA alliance to provide source code for RHEL‑compatible downstream Linux distributions, offering a community‑driven alternative after Red Hat’s termination of CentOS, aiming to ensure stable, secure, and freely redistributable enterprise Linux.