I get the feeling too many people are sleeping on CentOS Stream because of how the CentOS #Linux EOL thing went down.
I mean sure, the messaging wasn't great but it happened and it is what it is. Don't let that detract from the greatness of the #CentOS Stream project in its own right and as a collaboration point for all the #RHEL based distros.
The gravity seems lost on most that for the first time ever the RHEL development process happens in the open. That's amazing. I love it. #community
I've been hearing about it a lot over the last few days, but I don't exactly understand what's going on. What's going on with Red Hat, and how does it affect Linux users?
This is the first of, probably, many posts about the changes to how Red Hat distributes RHEL sources, RHEL clones in general. Not to mention the past, present, and future of FOSS development and business.
Short version: There's probably something in this post for everybody to disagree with.
One of the hard things about the #RedHat thing is that #CentOS's existence as a community rebuild was so often touted by people at Red Hat as a testiment to Red Hat's commitment to #opensource. It wasn't whether or not they could shut it down, but that they knew about it and intentionally didn't. Of course, there were those at Red Hat who disagreed with that back then, but it was very much a pitch point for what Red Hat was about in the #Linux space.
Can we all agree to stop referring to the RHEL source export decision as CentOS drama? It doesn't affect CentOS at all. CentOS knew the rebuild model was fundamentally flawed and moved on to something better.
Personally, I think the idea that #CentOS Stream will be the next version of RHEL a little backward. It makes Stream seem like a hypothetical, and supports the annoyingly persistent idea that it's something that hasn't been tested.
It's more accurate to view #CentOS Stream as the current state of RHEL, while RHEL point releases are snapshots of a past state that receive extended support.
I know this is a hot topic and I don't want to be guilty of bike shedding, but boy do I wish the #fedora#centos#redhat installer would not create a separate home partition when I select automated partitioning. #Debian asks, rh just assumes this is 'correct'. Why? What advantages does this have, really? #linux#sysadmin#devops
Earlier today at #almalinux we patched CVE-2023-38403 in iperf3 and released it prior to anyone else in the EL-ecosystem. We promptly submitted PRs with #centos and #fedora.
A lot was learned during this process so we can nail down the processes of doing our own patches while contributing upstream and ultimately deliver on our promises from https://almalinux.org/blog/future-of-almalinux/
I have to admit that whenever I have weird server problems on #CentOS Stream, there's always a question of whether or not it's Stream or something else and that lack of certainty usually is just enough that I often might not file an issue for Stream, but also just enough that I second guess running CentOS Stream over #AlmaLinux in cases where I don't want/need full on #RHEL. When stuff breaks on AlmaLinux, I'm less likely to question the distro (even though bugs happen everywhere).
> We will also start asking anyone who reports bugs in AlmaLinux OS to attempt to test and replicate the problem in CentOS Stream as well, so we can focus our energy on correcting it in the right place.
The hosts of @DestinationLinux seem like very nice people, but they are 1000% buying what #RedHat is selling.
They do point out RH's communication issues, but they don't admit to the bait-and-switch nature of the company's moves.
They're trying to make the case that #CentOS Stream, #OpenSUSE Leap and #Ubuntu LTS are roughly equal in not being the "bug for bug" source of the paid products.
There's a lot more nuance there, and that should be acknowledged.
On more look back to CentOS at Flock while we look forward to CentOS Connect at FOSDEM. Troy Dawson took the stage yet again, this time with @carlwgeorge, to tell us the state of EPEL.
Following up Saturday's post on Red Hat and the Clone Wars with a prequel.
This is a look at early days of Linux and Red Hat's first controversial changes that disrupted clones and copies as it prepared to take on proprietary UNIX and Windows NT.
OC Can someone ELI5 the situation with Red Hat and CentOS?
I've been hearing about it a lot over the last few days, but I don't exactly understand what's going on. What's going on with Red Hat, and how does it affect Linux users?