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Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution

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Re: Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution

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Post by cozzyd »

HexDecOctBin wrote: post #2

> reflecting recent experience What happened? Is this about CentOS's demise?

Yes. It's too bad because they used to support Scientific Linux, but stopped because CentOS was so popular...

Anyway, I'm glad I went with Alma over Rocky, albeit for the wrong reasons (my daughter's name is Alma...)

Re: Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution

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Post by djha-skin »

All this time I had thought that Rocky Linux was winning the fork war over Alma (in the fight to be the successor to CentOS), but this post might change that with a good chunk of the science community throwing their weight behind Alma.

Do we have anyone else in the audience that has any insights over whether Alma is more prevalent over Rocky or is it the other way around?

I know I can run Rocky Linux from DigitalOcean which I appreciate.

Re: Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution

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Post by sgc »

cozzyd wrote: post #3
HexDecOctBin wrote: post #2

> reflecting recent experience What happened? Is this about CentOS's demise?

Yes. It's too bad because they used to support Scientific Linux, but stopped because CentOS was so popular... Anyway, I'm glad I went with Alma over Rocky, albeit for the wrong reasons (my daughter's name is Alma...)

Sounds like a wholesome reason to me.

Re: Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution

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Post by djha-skin »

notorandit wrote: post #6

Not really interesting. Without any technical reasoning other than "we want red hat with extra perks".

It's interesting because there's a question in the air right now over what fork of CentOS will be its spiritual successor since it got bought out. Will it be Alma, or Rocky? This post holds in favor of Alma.

Re: Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution

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Post by darthrupert »

djha-skin wrote: post #4

All this time I had thought that Rocky Linux was winning the fork war over Alma (in the fight to be the successor to CentOS), but this post might change that with a good chunk of the science community throwing their weight behind Alma. Do we have anyone else in the audience that has any insights over whether Alma is more prevalent over Rocky or is it the other way around? I know I can run Rocky Linux from DigitalOcea…

> Alma

Having just played through the F.E.A.R. games that name gives me weird feelings.

Re: Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution

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Post by friendzis »

djha-skin wrote: post #4

All this time I had thought that Rocky Linux was winning the fork war over Alma (in the fight to be the successor to CentOS), but this post might change that with a good chunk of the science community throwing their weight behind Alma. Do we have anyone else in the audience that has any insights over whether Alma is more prevalent over Rocky or is it the other way around? I know I can run Rocky Linux from DigitalOcea…

> Do we have anyone else in the audience that has any insights over whether Alma is more prevalent over Rocky or is it the other way around?

This is wrong reasoning. Distributions live on the shoulders of maintainers/developers. While popularity may be a factor attracting maintainers/developers it is not a deciding factor. If the less popular distribution attracts more maintenance/development effort (again, not necessarily head count) it will win back market share in medium term and once popular distribution will stagnate and fade.

Re: Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution

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Post by sliken »

djha-skin wrote: post #4

All this time I had thought that Rocky Linux was winning the fork war over Alma (in the fight to be the successor to CentOS), but this post might change that with a good chunk of the science community throwing their weight behind Alma. Do we have anyone else in the audience that has any insights over whether Alma is more prevalent over Rocky or is it the other way around? I know I can run Rocky Linux from DigitalOcea…

We picked Rocky Linux because it was the first to get full support from Mellanox/Nvidia.
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