CentOS Linux is dead. Now what?

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Dec 12, 2020, 9:08:23 AM12/12/20

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With the demise of CentOS Linux, I am trying to figure out what most people's plans are.

Red Hat recently announced that there will no longer be a CentOS Linux. Instead, there will be only be their cutting edge distribution, CentOS Stream. See https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/centos-shifts-from-red-hat-unbranded-to-red-hat-beta/

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Vince Skahan

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Dec 15, 2020, 5:56:42 PM12/15/20

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Here's some related reading that's interesting - https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Red_Hat_to_move_focus_away_from_CentOS_in_favour_of_Stream;_CentOS_team_discuss_implications_with_Wikinews

The thing i can't figure out yet is how RH plans to release security patches. Historically they released updated rpms but always said "you have to update everything to get a known stable result", so you always had to update everything. That's kinda what a Stream rolling release is. Now if they just 'tagged' their set'o'rpms ala "Centos-2020-1215" for today, folks might be able to install a defined not-moving set of rpms. But I doubt that'll happen.

At $work we recently were mandated to switch to Oracle Linux, but the guesses among the admins is that it was the cost of RHEL entitlements that caused that, not anything related to CentOS or not. FWIW, I basically can't tell the difference between OL-7.9 and RHEL (or CentOS) as an admin or user. That said, who knows if Oracle will similarly switch Oracle Linux over to a rolling release or not. Basically watching and waiting....

Vince Skahan

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Jan 20, 2021, 7:00:56 PM1/20/21

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Interesting announcement - https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/new-year-new-red-hat-enterprise-linux-programs-easier-ways-access-rhel

It's uncertain from the press release whether they'll be some kind of key etc. in there tied to your developer account ala subscription manager, but it might be worth a look-see if you run CentOS currently. Also unclear if they'll support vagrant/docker/virtualBox images or not.