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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/9/2020 1:30 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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.

https://rockylinux.org/

Arne