On March 31st (no it's not an April Fool's joke) Red Hat announced the free availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux to all developers who will enroll in the company's new Developer Program.
So if you are 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 start projects and explore solutions, and the development platforms and tools them, they won't need porting and won't present any incompatibility issues,” said Harry Mowersenior, head of Red Hat's Developer Tools and Marketing.
But let's see what happens. Functional Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat JBoss Middleware are offered for free and can be used for local application development only, and not for productive use, for which a paid subscription is required.
The RedHat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite consists of the RedHat Enterprise Linux Server, a variety of development tools supported by Red Hat over 10 years such as: 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 the RedHat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite for free
