I’m regularly searching information about Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux. More often than not, the first answer in the search results seems correct. Unfortunately it’s hidden behind the Red Hat paywall.
I tried to get a (free as in free beer) Red Hat Developer Subscription, but after a couple hours of jumping through a series of burning loops and dead links and login errors and 404 pages, I gave up. My guess is you have to belong to some secret cult to effectively get access to this program.
On a side note : I’m teaching Linux at our local university and all my courses (Linux, Git, Docker, Ansible) are available online for free. I understand that Red Hat makes folks pay for RHEL subscriptions, but why hide information like “how do I delete the rescue kernel” behind a paywall?
That unfortunately is a question for Red Hat. They obviously feel that to have access to their documentation requires having a subscription to the product that it relates to. As you probably know they did the same with the source code, previously it was available for free, now you are supposed to have a subscription to gain access to it.
It is possible to register yourself an account and get the Developer Subscription for Individuals. I have done it and renewed it each year manually. Assuming you find the correct link from the google results, it only takes a matter of minutes.
Yeah, I know that page. When I try to subscribe as a Developer, they tell me that I already have a Developer account. So I log in with my Red Hat username and password, and when I try to access the information at access.redhat.com, it says “For subscribers only”.
On a side note: one of my colleagues teaches Linux at the University of Graz in Austria. He’s a well-known Linux author in my home country. We had a discussion about the Red Hat Developer program some time ago, and he told me he “banged his head on the keyboard for a few hours and then just gave up”.
Try creating a new account, with a different email address.
I previously had access but couldn’t remember my username or what email address I set it up with. So I just set up a new account, clicked the the verification link and was logged straight into access.redhat.com.
An account is not enough, you have to activate the Developer subscription itself. That then allows you to install and use RHEL and get updates, as well as get access to the docs.
