[Cialug] CentOS changes

[Dave Hala]

I use a mix of paid and unpaid.  The data center is all paid versions as
well as the dev workstations.  It was really handy to have a centos version
to mess around with. I can live it without it, it's just a little more pain.

Costwise, at the entry level,  Unbuntu long term is $125.00 per server vs
rhel 8 at 100.00.   I'm ok with an additional 25% if it makes my life
easier on the workstation side.

Seems like RHEL is starting to turn into "death by a 1000 papercuts".

:) Dave







On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:18 AM Theron Conrey <theron at conrey.org> wrote:

> A lot of companies that got used to RHEL for free are bummed they can't
> anymore. While I get that some will move to other distros, using upstream
> CentOS at the last snapshot BEFORE it becomes RHEL doesn't seem like a
> terrible idea at zero investment cost.
>
> IT departments upset they can't just get RHEL at no cost though..... the
> irony they'd switch to something else just to continue not paying for open
> source is wild.
>
> I wonder how many shops that contribute to upstream codebases will switch.
> My guess is those supporting the ecosystem won't be flustered, but those
> who only treat it as a free product will be bent and leave.
>
> -theron
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:01 AM David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > So, this is happening...
> >
> > https://itsfoss.com/centos-stream-fiasco/
> >
> > TL;DR is CentOS will no longer be the stable release that mirrors RHEL,
> it
> > will be more like Fedora. CentOS 7 will be supported through 2024. Looks
> > like IBM is trying to drive more people to paying for RHEL, or more
> likely
> > drive them to using another free alternative like Ubuntu server.
> >
> > -dc
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