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How deep does this go.
Are they inspecting every line of code in every source repo ?
What happens when I need a package they haven't validated yet ?
But is it FIPS certified?
Can someone confirm or fill in details? * CentOS used to be a free rebranding of RHEL. * IBM effectively cut off CentOS. * Rocky Linux is the replacement free RHEL-compatible distro, but is higher effort to maintain than CentOS was. * "Rocky Linux from CIQ" is a commercial product that is attempting to compete with RHEL, by being lower-cost essentially-RHEL while still satisfying some is-there-a-company-behind-it "co…
> Rocky Linux is the replacement free RHEL-compatible distro Wasn't (isn't) there another CentOS replacement that was created around the same time? Are they still around? Are there alternatives or is Rocky pretty much it?
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> Rocky Linux is the replacement free RHEL-compatible distro Wasn't (isn't) there another CentOS replacement that was created around the same time? Are they still around? Are there alternatives or is Rocky pretty much it?
You are thinking of Alma, and I believe they are still going, though a lot seemed to be up in the air.
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> Rocky Linux is one of many choices for a RHEL-compatible distribution. I would also say CentOS Stream is also a viable choice. One of the main value propositions of RHEL (and RHL before it) is that each distro version has a fixed ABI throughout (kernel included), making it a valid compilation target for binary-only software. Neither Stream nor even Alma are that.
Also, many software vendors don't support Centos stream.
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You are thinking of Alma, and I believe they are still going, though a lot seemed to be up in the air.
What's up in the air? https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/
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You are thinking of Alma, and I believe they are still going, though a lot seemed to be up in the air.
What's up in the air? https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/
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What's up in the air? https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/
Alma is no longer binary-compatible with RHEL. Nothing wrong with that decision, but that makes it "RHEL like" and not "RHEL compatible."
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What's up in the air? https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/
There were some press releases where the company behind it looked like it may be pulling out of the space. Though I'm not seeing them now when I do a quick search.
"Gregory Kurtzer, our CEO and founder," the other CentOS guy.