Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or RHEL as it's more commonly known (because it's a long name), has a very firm footing in Enterprises. It targets the commercial space very well, and as a result it is not uncommon to find yourself on a RHEL box, which you've initially assumed to be a CentOS installation.
What makes RHEL different is the support offered by Red Hat, Inc. and the various services that you can utilize if you've bought an official package.
While Red Hat still offers the source code for their distribution without question (hence CentOS), they sell versions and packages for everything from the desktop up to data centre installations.
There's an adage that states "no one got fired for buying IBM," which is a little ...
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