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An alternative distro is being developed here: https://rockylinux.org/
Unfortunate name. To say something is rocky, is like saying it's unstable/unreliable.
Also this is a sentimental name, chosen well imho.
> "Thinking back to early CentOS days... My cofounder was Rocky McGaugh. He is no longer with us, so as a H/T to him, who never got to see the success that CentOS came to be, I introduce to you...Rocky Linux"
An alternative distro is being developed here: https://rockylinux.org/
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Well, they are a for profit company.
I'm only trying to say what they really are. it would be unfair to judge them only based on what they are. then again, I see open source slowly but steadily losing ground. and if open source has a tough time. free software has it even worse.
Turns out not compromising your principals and being zealots works.
My previous employer went all in on ditching their RHEL boxes for CentOS. I wonder how that change is treating them now. Given this change by Red Hat/IBM, was it wasted effort? I wonder if they’ll now switch back to RHEL.
CentOS was TOO GOOD after so long; even C-level execs were happy to sign off on using it.
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Unfortunate name. To say something is rocky, is like saying it's unstable/unreliable.
Why, are the Rocky Mountains about to collapse? Also this is a sentimental name, chosen well imho. > "Thinking back to early CentOS days... My cofounder was Rocky McGaugh. He is no longer with us, so as a H/T to him, who never got to see the success that CentOS came to be, I introduce to you...Rocky Linux"
> difficult or uncertain
> unable to balance very well
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rocky
The parent to your comment is correct, as are you about the specific reference in this case.
The etymology of the Rocky Mountains is unrelated to either:
> The Rocky Mountains were so called by 1802, translating French Montagnes Rocheuses, first applied to the Canadian Rockies. "The name is not directly self-descriptive but is an approximate translation of the name of the former Native American people here known as the Assiniboin .... The mountains are in fact not noticeably rocky"
> CentOS is a sponsored project, we are the funding agent and we happen to also be a heavy contributor. It would be interesting if there was a way to determine if any other open source projects have this kind of large dependency on a single company. Track GitHub accounts doing the commits which are linked to orgs perhaps?
The short answer is that the vast majority of open source projects are to a large degree dependent on a single person or company. (And those without corporate funding can have trouble--as did CentOS at one or more points in its history before Red Hat picked up the funding.)
ADDED: Although major successful projects do tend to have a more diverse community because that's what takes most advantage of the open source development model.
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Unfortunate name. To say something is rocky, is like saying it's unstable/unreliable.
Why, are the Rocky Mountains about to collapse? Also this is a sentimental name, chosen well imho. > "Thinking back to early CentOS days... My cofounder was Rocky McGaugh. He is no longer with us, so as a H/T to him, who never got to see the success that CentOS came to be, I introduce to you...Rocky Linux"
The homage seems lovely, but doesn't (unfortunately) change the fact that to the vast majority of english speakers "rocky" means unstable/dangerous... In fact, one of the most common expressions referring to an unstable/bad relationship is "their relationship is on the rocks" or "they are on the rocks".
Large corporation undermines a group of people to make a buck, news at 11... Businesses aren't your friends , repeat it with me, no matter how much propoganda they regularly spew out. Sometimes their goals may be temporarily aligned with yours in which case you can leverage their resources but never forget their goals can shift to be misaligned with yours at any point, making them a partial or direct enemy of your go…
Businesses aren’t your friends. Employers aren’t your family. Be wary of either group selling them as such.
No, but its a helpful fiction as far as it makes everyone more convivial and agreeable. It forms a kind of shared illusion, not unlike the kayfabe of professional wrestling.
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Why, are the Rocky Mountains about to collapse? Also this is a sentimental name, chosen well imho. > "Thinking back to early CentOS days... My cofounder was Rocky McGaugh. He is no longer with us, so as a H/T to him, who never got to see the success that CentOS came to be, I introduce to you...Rocky Linux"
No, it's because rocky shores were very hazardous to shipping, and a ship "on the rocks" was either close to, or in, immediate peril. The homage seems lovely, but doesn't (unfortunately) change the fact that to the vast majority of english speakers "rocky" means unstable/dangerous... In fact, one of the most common expressions referring to an unstable/bad relationship is "their relationship is on the rocks" or "they…