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June 30th, 2024, will bring the End of Life (EOL) of CentOS Linux (2023)
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Re: June 30th, 2024, will bring the End of Life (EOL) of CentOS Linux (2023)
#12Rocky Linux is a fine successor to CentOS and was created by one of the original founders of CentOS, Gregory Kurtzer. https://rockylinux.org/ https://rockylinux.org/about/ If you need enterprise support RHEL tends to be a default choice. If you cannot afford RHEL or do not need enterprise support, Rocky Linux fills the role that CentOS once did.
I would avoid Rocky since it is now resting on very shaky foundations.
Re: June 30th, 2024, will bring the End of Life (EOL) of CentOS Linux (2023)
#13Rocky Linux is a fine successor to CentOS and was created by one of the original founders of CentOS, Gregory Kurtzer. https://rockylinux.org/ https://rockylinux.org/about/ If you need enterprise support RHEL tends to be a default choice. If you cannot afford RHEL or do not need enterprise support, Rocky Linux fills the role that CentOS once did.
Another suitable option, which has handled the situation of Red Hat source RPM releases[1] quite a bit better imo, is Alma Linux. https://almalinux.org/ Similar goal, but is working more directly upstream with Red Hat[2] as opposed to the (as I last had read) undisclosed and non-open approach that Rocky Linux has taken. 1: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-s... 2: https://almalinux.org/blog/f…
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Re: June 30th, 2024, will bring the End of Life (EOL) of CentOS Linux (2023)
#14Rocky Linux is a fine successor to CentOS and was created by one of the original founders of CentOS, Gregory Kurtzer. https://rockylinux.org/ https://rockylinux.org/about/ If you need enterprise support RHEL tends to be a default choice. If you cannot afford RHEL or do not need enterprise support, Rocky Linux fills the role that CentOS once did.
I would avoid Rocky since it is now resting on very shaky foundations.
Could you be specific? Else it sounds like you're just FUDding it.
Re: June 30th, 2024, will bring the End of Life (EOL) of CentOS Linux (2023)
#15Technically EOL of CentOS 7. Guessing 8 will be supported for a while, then one must decide to switch to CentOS Stream, RHEL proper, or an alternative like Rocky.
CentOS 8 already reached its EOL in December 31st, 2021.
If you moved from CentOS 8 to CentOS Stream 8, Stream 8 is basically EOL on May 31st 2024.
Re: June 30th, 2024, will bring the End of Life (EOL) of CentOS Linux (2023)
#16I don't know much about CentOS, but I've seen a lot of anger about the end of CentOS Linux, regardless of CentOS stream, Rocky, etc. . Can someone explain the history of this, why CentOS is going away, why it's being replaced with these new alternatives, and why many seem quite mad about it? Just curious to understand the state of it.
Re: June 30th, 2024, will bring the End of Life (EOL) of CentOS Linux (2023)
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would avoid Rocky since it is now resting on very shaky foundations.
Could you be specific? Else it sounds like you're just FUDding it.
My understanding is that since Red Hat restricted the source availability for RHEL, Rocky is using the following loopholes to gain binary compatibility with RHEL:
1. Using OCI images of RHEL (i.e. on Docker Hub)
2. Using cloud server images of RHEL
They outlined their plans for this in June of 2023[0].
Red Hat’s official stance is that downstream distros like Rocky or AlmaLinux should be basing off of CentOS Stream — that would allow all the EL distributions to contribute and use the same OS base[1]. AlmaLinux pivoted to this method[2] — which seems like a more sustainable approach to me.
My opinion: blows my mind that people who value Enterprise Linux would be willing to continue to use a distro like Rocky that actively works against/around the supported route its upstream provider suggests.
(Personally, I don’t find value in the EL ecosystem, I prefer rolling releases everywhere when possible)
[0] https://rockylinux.org/news/keeping-open-source-open/
[1] https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-s...
Re: June 30th, 2024, will bring the End of Life (EOL) of CentOS Linux (2023)
#18This EOL date is a generous one. Like my organization, most others I know have already completed their migration from CentOS to RHEL/Fedora/Rocky/Alma/etc during the early part of 2023. Thus, these 6 months are mainly for the few outliers who have not.
> already completed their migration from CentOS to RHEL/Fedora/Rocky/Alma/etc during the early part of 2023
ahahahahaha....
OTOH, I no longer work there, I get to watch the fireworks
Re: June 30th, 2024, will bring the End of Life (EOL) of CentOS Linux (2023)
#19I don't know much about CentOS, but I've seen a lot of anger about the end of CentOS Linux, regardless of CentOS stream, Rocky, etc. . Can someone explain the history of this, why CentOS is going away, why it's being replaced with these new alternatives, and why many seem quite mad about it? Just curious to understand the state of it.
CentOS was created as open source distribution compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
It was successful as it gave most of the benefits of RHEL without the expense.
RedHat acquired CentOS, saying that it would be good for CentOS[1].
RedHat shut CentOS down.
New alternatives are coming along to take the role of a free distribution compatible with RHEL.
[1]: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-and-c...
Re: June 30th, 2024, will bring the End of Life (EOL) of CentOS Linux (2023)
#20Hoping for 10 years of support, I adopted Centos 8 a week before the EOL announcement. I never understood why they decided to support 7 longer than 8.
That was the real rug-pull. Had they supported CentOS 8 for the full 10 years, and announced that starting with 9 it would be this useless rolling release, people would have been much more calm about the whole thing.