[Info-vax] CentOS has been effectively killed for production use

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/9/2020 1:15 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2020-12-09, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 12/9/2020 8:34 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> IBM (who now own Red Hat) has just effectively killed CentOS for
>>> production use by turning it into an unstable rolling distribution:
>>>
>>> https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/09/centos_red_hat/
>>>
>>> Fortunately, at least in the Unix/Linux world, there are always
>>> other options.
>>
>> Supposedly there are about 1000 Linux distros.
> 
> But very few with the mindset needed for a production quality server
> operating system, including stable releases and long term support.

True. But there are a few.

And likely some new will enter the market to fill the gap.

Arne