[Cialug] CentOS changes

[Andrew Denner]

I guess some of the heart burn comes from folks just having upgraded with a
promise of a long life cycle only to have it yanked back.

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:33 AM Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:

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