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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/11/2020 3:13 AM, David Wade wrote:
> On 11/12/2020 00:09, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> 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/

> The trouble is they come and go. You have no idea how long each will last.
> Whitebox started well and faded away...
> 
> https://www.whiteboxlinux.org/
> 
> the great problem with linux is not that there are 1000 distributions 
> but that there are no free distributions that stay on the same path.

Changes happens. Volunteers get other interests. Corporate sponsors
get other priorities.

But changes can happen to commercial software as well. The vendor
change strategy and ditch certain platforms or certain features.

Arne