CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream

Post by lars_francke » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 9:34 PM UTC

Thaxll wrote: post #325

lars_francke wrote: post #308

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Can you back that number up? In my corner of the world Ubuntu plays no role at all on servers. It's all CentOS/RHEL here.

Ubuntu is by far the most used Linux distro on server, the problem with CentOS / RHEL is they did not support recent kernel for a long time, so you see very few cloud servers with those distro, especially since Docker / Kubernetes took off. Also RHEL is not free so there is no way it's "popular" outside of very enterprise needs ( HPC ect ... ). At previous work they moved away from CentOS to use Ubuntu because libc w…

Post by wayoutthere » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 9:35 PM UTC

briffle wrote: post #86

em500 wrote: post #69

To me this news is at once shocking, and blindingly obvious in hindsight. Shocking, because I'd never imagined they'd kill off CentOS 8 so early. CentOS 8.0 dates from Sept 2019, so it's killed in just the 3rd year of its presumed 10 year lifespan. I could read the tea leaves when they announced this Stream thingy recently, but I'd thought they would at least hold off till RHEL9 to pull the lever. Blindingly obvious,…

Its time for a new internet rule. If Oracle or IBM buys your vendor, you should be migrating.

Post by bluedino » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 9:40 PM UTC

dilawar wrote: post #103

happyjack wrote: post #51

Wow. I kind of new this day was coming. I work in engineering / science (not comp. sci or developing) and all our software vendors are Windows or RHEL support only. Although if you know your way around linux any flavor will do, but RHEL is the "standard" for support. It's kind of like "insurance." We expect this to compile / work for RHEL and NOTHING else, because RHEL is stable, predictable, and boring. I've run mos…

I have been using openSUSE. It's been pretty stable on the laptop. On laptop, I use the Tumbleweed (rolling release) and 15.1 or 15.2 on servers. Give it a try.

Post by symlinkk » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 9:41 PM UTC

Post by wang_li » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 9:43 PM UTC

bonzini wrote: post #362

wang_li wrote: post #357

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Can you help me understand why GPL v2 3(b) doesn't obligate Red Hat to provide source code for the kernel, as an example, to anyone who asks? >3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: > b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three year…

Because Red Hat offers source code following section 3(a) instead. Thus, section 3(b) does not apply.