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I have a fedora but I'm curious about Red Hat Enterprise Linux because they say fedora is a community version of red hat. I pirated Windows in years and it's really easy but is there any way to crack RHEL? I know it's not magical and I can use a free distro and have anything I need but for the sake of curiosity I need to try red hat linux and test it to find out how much effort they put on an enterprise product. I also know that there is a trial version or something but it's good for me to learn cracking that (if it's possible) because my future possibilities.

So please don't tell me that doing this is not necessary or get the trial version, just be kind and provide what you know about pirating RedHat Enterprise Linux.

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[–] OverfedRaccoon@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The "enterprise" part is you paying for the ability to get support if you need it.

[–] quat@lemmy.sdfeu.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Hello, support? How do I get through the Gnomish Mines in Nethack?"

[–] noUsernamesLef7@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Lots of searching

[–] Shimitar@feddit.it 30 points 1 year ago

Make no sense. Just download the ISO (from a torrent if you like "pirate stuff" or from official redhat after free registration) and install it. Dont sign-in, done.

Anyway what you pay for is supoort and online resources, not software.

Also, if you like "new" stuff use other distros. RHEL is for stability and long term support.

[–] DangerMouse@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

You do realize that RHEL is open source, right? The "pirating" has already been done by RockyLinux (formerly CentOS).

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sign up for a free dev account, get a full free license. There's really no point in trying to "crack" it, unless you want to try collecting bug bounties.

[–] No_Huckleberry_2023@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Right here is the way... no need to "pirate" RHEL.

When you sign up for the FREE developer account.. you actually get 16 instances/entitlements you can run.. and you can renew your access yearly.. for free of course..

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Basically this.

[–] Rodneyck@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pirating linux....that is a concept you don't come across everyday. Dude, just move off of Red Hat and onto a linux distribution that is not a corporate mega-whatever. Debian, Arch...take your pick. Open source is free ship that lets you pirate from the corporate/priopriatary seas. Don't make it harder.

[–] Nimous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I want to make it harder. It's the only big paid distro out there and I wish to claim it. But they say I can install the OS free but taking support and installing packages require subscription so it seems my goal is just an illusion. But thanks for giving advice bro.

[–] junipoy@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

There are some clones. Check AlmaLinux, CentOS...

RHEL is dead easy to pirate. https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/overview A developer account is needed (it's free) but after that you're golden.