[Newtonip]

Where I work, our target devices run RHEL but many of our dev workstations run Rocky Linux.

If the software I write behaves on my workstation but then malfunctions on my target device because a bug was only fixed in Rocky Linux, that would be very annoying.

I want stuff to run the exact same way on both so that I can develop workarounds if needed before even deploying to the targets.

[happymellon]

It might be very annoying but I still don't think they offer 1:1 bug compatibility, and I don't think they ever did.

CentOS stated: https://www.spinics.net/lists/centos-devel/msg19564.html

> We came up with the phrase "bug-for-bug" compatible during EL5 as a GOAL to aim for. CentOS was NEVER bug-for-bug compatible.

Rocky may have changed that line, but I would be surprised. CentOS was always "good enough".

[rurban]

So get RHEL for your devs then. The only guaranteed bug compatibility

[happymellon]

I thought that RHEL was free for developer workstations with the free RHEL developer subscription.

What does Rocky provide you in this situation?

[profwalkstr]

Free for personal use, not workplace.

[happymellon]

Interesting, so they don't make a free dev service for corps?

How much does something like this cost a developer as part of an org?

https://developers.redhat.com/articles/faqs-no-cost-red-hat-...

[yrro]

According to https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/05/10/access-rhe..., the Red Hat Developer Subscription for Teams is zero-cost.