| Jon Wolfe via plug on 12 Dec 2020 08:37:46 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] CentOS |
Earlier this year it was announced that Scientific Linux was being discontinued in favor of CentOS. I'm not sure how this new CentOS situation will influence that. It has also been announced the new Rocky Linux would be a community driven replacement for CentOS. CentOS had a lot of institutional support. Several big companies were using it. So I expect that Rocky Linux or some other distro will fill the vacuum. Bit tech companies have a bad history of continuing support for free software. They only look at the bottom line. So I expect it was predictable that this would happen. One of the great things about OSS is that if there is enough demand, the development will continue. On 12/12/20 5:28 PM, Tone Montone via plug wrote:
Walt, Ha, sorry! Yes, I meant the email to go to list. Scientific Linux I think is popular in Europe, and I am pretty sure CERN used it for their systems. I remember hearing a podcast in 2013 where they were using OpenStack and Puppet to deliver systems to scientist within five minutes, where before it would take six months. i.e. PO, purchase, electricians, rack and stack, install, securitize, test, deliver. Sent from my iPhoneOn Dec 12, 2020, at 11:06 AM, Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com> wrote: Tone, Sorry, I've never even heard of Scientific Linux, so I have no idea. Also, did you mean this to go to just me or the entire mailing list? WaltOn Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 10:00:12AM -0500, Tone Montone wrote: Didn’t Scientific Linux end its distribution because of CentOS? Now it’s going away too? Sent from my iPadOn Dec 12, 2020, at 9:35 AM, Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:There's been a lot of coverage and discussion all over the internet. Here's a good overview: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/centos-shifts-from-red-hat-unbranded-to-red-hat-beta/ WaltOn Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 09:24:34AM -0500, Eric Lucas via plug wrote: I'm unaware of whatever this is you speak of. Link? Thanks, Eric On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 9:18 AM Joe Rosato via plug < plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:I'm sure you heard the CentOS news? Would like to throw down the gauntlet... What are the competing thoughts on for/against this action? I have mine, curious of everyone else's view first... ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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